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Ever heard of the term culinary coupling? I’m not sure exactly how it works, but it seems to be based on the theory that you can continue to enjoy foods such as hamburger and bacon-n-eggs and still manage your weight and make the most of your meals. The trick lies in pairing food items that […]
Valentine’s Day is coming up and I thought it’s the perfect opportunity to bring up the topic of aphrodisiacs once again (remember my entry on chili-hot chocolates?). Did you know that there have been scientific studies backing the claim that Casanova’s reputation may well have been enhanced by his oyster breakfasts?
Until recently, there was no […]
Sometimes, it’s not really what you eat that makes you invincible to disease (as if it were that simple!). However, if you lead a healthy lifestyle and take a close look at what you eat, research shows that a healthy diet and lifestyle makes you more receptive to conventional treatment, such as in cancer therapies.
Writing […]
/>According to an animal study recently published in the online edition of the FASEB Journal, a diet rich in omega-3 fatty acid supplementation may protect against Parkinson’s disease, degenerative disorder of the central nervous system that affects motor skills and speech.
The researchers observed that when mice were fed an omega-3 rich diet, they seemed […]
How can peanut butter address the problem of starvation and malnutrition? Dr. Mark J. Manary (photo) use a locally produced enriched peanut-butter mixture, called Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF), to combat malnutrition in Malawi, in sub-Saharan Africa. RUTF, which contains peanuts, powdered milk, oil, sugar, and added vitamins and minerals, is given to mothers to feed […]
I was browsing Healther’s 50 Things You Can Do With Chocolate and followed the links to those which seemed to be eating-related (yes, there’s more to chocolate than just popping it in your mouth, apparently).
Aside from being good for the heart and brain, the theobromine in chocolate “may have therapeutic effects when given at the […]
According to an animal study from Hong Kong, probiotics may speed up the recovery of people with stomach ulcers.
Stomach or peptic ulcers are a small hole or erosion in the gastrointestinal tract. Most stomach cancers are caused by Helicobacter pylori bacteria.
The said study, investigated the effects of Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG, (one of the most extensively […]
The involuntary eye spasm called primary late onset blepharospasm makes the eye lids blink uncontrollably and can leave the eyes effectively ‘blind’.
A new Italian study claims that drinking coffee protects from this condition.
The effect was proportional to the amount of coffee drank and one to two cups per day were needed for the protective effect […]
Do you believe that health and the potential for a long life makes you more attractive? Then eat more carrots. A study conducted on fish indicates that males eating more carotenoids were better able to protect their cells from damage and thus lived longer - and (more importantly) that females found these long-lived males particularly […]
Although yellow soya has already been touted for its cholesterol lowering abilities, a team of Korean researchers have shown in animal trials that the black soya may even be more potent, and in addition, may also prevent weight gain and subsequently, diabetes.
The researchers, led by Shin Joung Rho at Hanyang University, Seoul, allowed 32 rats […]
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