Oct 30, 2009 | Healthy Eating |
Gut instinct: fibre fights asthma, diabetes. The research found fibre is key to stimulating immune cells. Scientists have found eating fibre boosts the immune system, keeping a lid on inflammatory diseases such as asthma and type 1 diabetes. Eating fibre is already...
Oct 23, 2009 | Chemicals In Food, Healthy Eating |
Did you hear that iodine has been added to the bread we buy in Australia earlier this month? It’s one of a growing list of minerals and vitamins that Food Standards Australia and New Zealand has deemed a necessary addition for our health. You might...
Oct 21, 2009 | Healthy Eating |
Like the fizz of a soft drink? Thank your tongue’s sour-sensing taste buds. No, it isn’t the popping bubbles that gives the “taste” of carbonation. Try a swallow inside a pressure chamber – where the bubbles do not burst –...
Oct 15, 2009 | Healthy Eating, Weight Issues |
Chocolate activates a part of the brain that blunts pain and makes it difficult to stop eating, a study published in the Journal of Neuroscience has found. But drinking water has the same effect and does not contribute to the growing problem of obesity, according to...
Oct 15, 2009 | Chemicals In Food, Food Labelling, Healthy Eating |
Coles denies unhealthy food link: AUS By FoodWeek Online Coles denies its hold on supermarkets is dooming the ability of Australians to eat healthier food. The supermarket giant’s assertion comes after a researcher has blamed insufficient competition for...
