Nutrition and Lifestyle Archives

Preventing Peanut Allergies: Consumption or Avoidance?0
- Health & Medicine, Nutrition and Lifestyle
- November 5, 2015
New developments require fundamental shifts in anti-allergy policies. Prevention of peanut allergies is a controversial issue, leaving society uncertain whether children should eat or avoid peanuts. Recent scientific studies show that peanut consumption at a young age protects against peanut allergy in children with eczema and/or an egg allergy (high-risk children). What is the effect
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Could We Use Scents To Improve Our Health?0
- Mind & Brain, Nutrition and Lifestyle
- April 30, 2014
A new study suggests hidden odours can control our food choices You walk through the sliding doors of the supermarket and, within seconds, your nostrils fill with the smell of freshly baked croissants and bread. Not only do you feel more at ease and happy, but your salivary glands are stimulated and your control over
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Obesity, Coca-Colonization And Hunger 0
- Health & Medicine, Nutrition and Lifestyle
- March 17, 2014
Obesity has become an increasingly global phenomenon, with Mexico in the lead. Obesity is (no longer) a problem restrained to wealthy nations as it is now rapidly spreading to developing nations. According to The Overseas Development Institute, one out three people in the world is currently overweight. Not a single developing nation has managed to eradicate
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Sip on This: Do Diet Drinks Make You Fatter?0
- Health & Medicine, Nutrition and Lifestyle
- September 2, 2013
Diet drinks are no help in the fight against obesity and may encourage over-eating. Diet drinks are no help in the fight against obesity and may actually encourage over-eating, according to a US academic who recently argued this point in the journal Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism. Susan Swithers reviewed studies that suggest normal or
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Five Edible Insects You Really Should Try 0
- Earth & Environment, Nutrition and Lifestyle
- September 2, 2013
With around 2000 edible insect species worldwide, what to choose? Edible insects are great alternatives to conventional sources of meat as they’re cheap, plentiful and excellent sources of protein and fat, as well as vitamins and minerals. In many countries, eating insects doesn’t raise eyebrows. How palatable they appear to a person is largely determined by
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Why Is the Mediterranean Diet Good for You?0
- Health & Medicine, Nutrition and Lifestyle
- August 28, 2013
The relationship between the traditional Mediterranean diet and lower rates of disease. A recent study published by Italian researchers shows that adhering to a Mediterranean-style diet can offer protection against type 2 diabetes. The paper is just the latest in a long line of research pointing out the wonders of this diet – so what
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