Nutrition
Green Tea Improves Memory
Having a bit of memory trouble? A cup of Green Tea could help. While green tea has long been touted as having numerous medicinal and curative properties, now research reveals that it may have memory boosting suppliants as well. According to research published in Molecular Nutrition and Food, China’s most famous drink affects the generation [...]
Blueberries are ‘powerhouse’ fruit
Toronto’s Steve Fry is crazy for blueberries. So much so that he started a campaign to make them Canada’s national fruit. “They are native to North America and half of the global production of the fruit is Canadian,” says the business consultant. “And they’re so healthy.” While his four-year-old campaign didn’t get the result he [...]
Magnesium’s Potential in Cardiometabolic Health
Magnesium is an essential mineral that plays a role in more than 300 metabolic reactions in the human body. The need for magnesium is crucial, in areas as diverse as bone tissue, muscles, DNA, RNA and protein synthesis, energy production, and structural support for cell membranes and chromosomes. Now, clear effort is being made to [...]
Study backs addition of fibre in partially baked breads
The addition fibre to partially baked and frozen breads could help to improve functional characteristics whilst meeting consumer demand for healthy foods, according to new research. The study – published in Food Hydrocolloids – aimed to optimise the composition of a blend of inulin, pectin and guar gum to enrich the fibre content of partially [...]
Encapsulation study backs pomegranate seed oil as functional ingredient
Research into the encapsulation of polyphenol-rich pomegranate seed oil has backed the use of the processing by-product as a functional ingredient for the food and nutrition industry. The study – published in Food and Bioproducts Processing – evaluates new methods for the production of pomegranate seed oil for the food industry. The technique was developed [...]
Walnuts ‘improve sperm health’
Eating around two handfuls of walnuts a day improves sperm health in young men, a study in the journal Biology of Reproduction suggests. Sperm shape, movement and vitality improved in men who added walnuts to their diet over 12 weeks. The fatty acids found in these nuts are thought to have helped sperm development. It [...]
Flavonol-rich dark chocolate may help reduce blood pressure
Here’s one more excuse to chomp down on that dark chocolate bar: It may help you lower your blood pressure. A report published by Cochrane Collaborations that analyzed 20 studies found that people who eat a bit of dark chocolate or cocoa daily experienced a slight reduction in blood pressure. “Although we don’t yet have [...]
New Study Shows No Vitamin D Link to Macular Degeneration
Low levels of vitamin D may not be lead to age-related macular degeneration (AMD), despite links in prior studies, researchers found. Vitamin D deficiency predating macular degeneration didn’t predict onset of either “wet” neovascular or “dry” non-neovascular forms in an analysis of Medicare beneficiaries, reported by Frank A. Sloan, PhD, an economist at Duke University [...]
Eat Olive Oil to Boost Bone Health
Osteoporosis and bone fracture rates have always been lower in the Mediterranean basin than in other parts of Europe, and now, Spanish researchers believe they have isolated one reason why: olive oil. The findings are published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. A study of 127 men who ate a Mediterranean diet rich in olives and [...]
Vitamin D3 beats D2 for maintaining winter levels
Vitamin D3 is more effective at maintaining blood levels of the sunshine vitamin during winter months than the D2 form, says a new study. “To our knowledge, this is the first study comparing vitamin D3 and D2 by mapping the time course of serum 25(OH)D from the summertime peak through to the wintertime nadir,” wrote [...]
