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How to increase stress and crave food – binge dieting does the trick!

How to increase stress and crave food – binge dieting does the trick! Repeated loss and gaining of body weight can have effects so profound that it changes the structure of DNA in areas that release hormones designed to manage anxiety. The study carried out on mice by r...
 

Cloned meat safe to eat

Cloned meat safe to eat The Food Standards Agency has declared that meat and milk from cloned cows is safe to eat.  Andrew Wadge, chief scientist at the FSA, says that an independent study has shown that there was no differ...
 

Chocolate fights chronic fatigue

Chocolate fights chronic fatigue The symptoms of chronic fatigue syndrome may be eased by eating dark chocolate.  The chemicals found in dark chocolate are known to increase signals carried around the brain.  Research conducted by ...
 

Chocolate fights chronic fatigue

Chocolate fights chronic fatigue The symptoms of chronic fatigue syndrome may be eased by eating dark chocolate.  The chemicals found in dark chocolate are known to increase signals carried around the brain.  Research conducted by ...
 

Carrots and broccoli fight cancer and heart disease

Carrots and broccoli fight cancer and heart disease Carrots can help prevent cancer and heart disease according to Dr Chaoyang Li from the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, US. Carrots and other vegetables such as sweet potatoes, pu...
 

Lower blood pressure with two glasses of orange

Lower blood pressure with two glasses of orange Two glasses of orange can lower blood pressure and reduce the risk of heart disease.  Research published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition has identified the chemical hesperidin, is respo...
 

Red alert for caffeine drinks and alcoholism

Red alert for caffeine drinks and alcoholism A link has been established between energy drinks with caffeine and alcoholism. The University of Maryland in the US ran a study that showed someone drinking one caffeine energy drink a week which at ...
 

Eat until you feel full and not put on weight!

Eat until you feel full and not put on weight! Sounds too good to be true but according to Danish nutritionalists people can eat until they feel full and still not put on weight.  According to the Scandinavians protein rich diets containing lots ...
 

Fight dementia with . . . beetroot!

Fight dementia with . . . beetroot! Scientist’s at North Carolina’s Wake Forest University have found that beetroot can fight dementia.  The University is the first to study the effect of nitrate-rich juice and it’s i...