Wonder why you snack at night?
Are you a late-night fridge-raider and wonder why? Researchers at the Brigham Young University (US) believe it’s because some of us don’t get the same […]
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Belly fat caused by meal skipping
A new animal study suggests that missing meals can set off metabolic changes that cause us to accumulate more fat around our midriff. Researchers observed […]
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Focus on food benefits, not food harms
When it comes to health messages, a study at the Cornell University Food & Brand Lab found that we should concentrate on the good messages […]
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Does marriage make you fat?
It has often been the joke at parties, “I’ve put on weight since being married”, but is there any science behind this? Swiss researchers compared […]
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Why does fatty food make us eat more?
Why does eating fatty foods make us want to eat more? An animal study is suggesting that fatty foods change the types of bacteria that […]
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Nutritionists–are we just the food police?
Researchers from a US university have published a paper that shows consumers are more likely to seek and consume sugary or fatty foods after seeing […]
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Saturated fats – what’s the story?
If nutrition is a topic that interests you, you’ll no doubt have seen the recent news coverage reporting that saturated fats are not as bad […]
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Fruit & Veg give you a sexier glow!
New research published in the The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology suggests that skin coloured from eating fruit and vegetables is more visually appealing than […]
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Love the aubergine!
Aubergines aren’t particularly popular in the Northern European diet, yet Mediterranean and Middle-Eastern people often include them in their meals. The beautiful coloured skins are […]
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Mediterranean Diet and Heart Disease
Adults who closely follow the Mediterranean diet were almost 50% less likely to develop heart disease in the next ten years according to a Greek […]
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