The Experiment That Made Chinese Takeaway Healthier
A new study details a strategy that helped Chinese restaurant owners and chefs in the US city of Philadelphia cut back on sodium without sacrificing taste.
A new study details a strategy that helped Chinese restaurant owners and chefs in the US city of Philadelphia cut back on sodium without sacrificing taste.
Eliminating all industrial-manufactured trans fats from the global food supply by 2023 is an ambitious, perhaps unrealistic goal.
Food cravings were found to be one of the most common reasons diets get derailed.
People with high carb diets are more likely to have poorer health than people with high fat diets, according to an international study of over 135,000 people from 18 countries.
Guess they just did it for the delicious taste of human flesh, then. Er, not that we would know.
Go forth and try some future food, because one day your grandkids might be feeding you a slurry of 3D-printed bugs.
Anyone fancy a spot of rhino?
An analysis by university researchers has failed to find a link between butter consumption and cardiovascular disease. Hallelujah.
A World Health Organization report on the EU population has Ireland at top of the obesity scale, suggesting that 89 per cent of all Irish men may be obese by the year 2030 if they don't stop with the crisps and biscuits.
Here's one more intriguing piece of the human microbiome puzzle: a molecule excreted by the bacteria digesting fibre makes us feel more full.
Manky teeth, obesity and Type 2 diabetes await your precious little loved ones.
Prescription for a Mr Kurzweil?
More than five = no added effect.
Oh gluten, the least trendy protein of our time. As gluten-free has transcended science and exploded into diet fad, scientists increasingly suspect that gluten intolerance—apart from actual celiac disease—doesn't exist at all. The true culprit could be a group of carbohydrates, including one in wheat called fructan.
