Food & Beverages

The mechanism of high-fiber foods has been identified

Researchers from the Medical College of Georgia managed to identify the exact work of the high-fiber foods. They revealed how these foods release the lubricating mucus. Rough foods strike upon the cells that line the gastrointestinal tract and rupture their covering. This banging at the cell walls...

by Natalia3856 over a year ago

Cancer causing chemicals found in soft drinks

Thousands of soft drink bottles have been removed from the shop shelves due to concerns that they could contain a cancer-causing chemical. The Food Standards Agency found levels of benzene in nearly three times bigger amounts than the World Health Organization’s safety limits are. Nevertheless,...

by lucky29 over a year ago

Harder For Women to Say No to Foods

New research on the brain suggested that women unconsciously have a tougher time resisting their favorite foods than men do and the researchers speculate that it is due to the fact that they have to eat for two at some point of their lives. They believe that it could be evolution that leads them...

by Jane232591 over a year ago

Non-stick Chewing Gum on the Market Soon

Revolymer, a company from the University of Bristol, has developed a non-stick chewing gum that can be easily removed from shoes, clothes, pavements and hair. The new Clean Gum has been tested on street pavements and in all the tests it was removed within 24 hours by natural events while three out...

by Jane232591 over a year ago

Coffee increases chances of heart attack

The latest coffee research shows that people with a particular gene responsible for slow coffee processing may be more prone to heart attacks. Such coffee drinkers who have more than three coffees a day are at increased risk of suffering a heart attack. It is not known how common this gene...

by Tim over a year ago

Grass-fed beef better than grain-fed beef

Who says hamburgers are bad for your health? If you choose grass-fed beef, you may be getting nutrients found in both plants and fish. It has been found that meat that comes from grass-fed cattle contained less total fat and more good fats that protected against diseases. Studies and analyses...

by Tim over a year ago

Over 286,000 pounds of meat recalled by the NYC food maker

Over 286,000 pounds of meat and poultry has been voluntarilly recalled by a New York food company because of the possibility of the meat being contaminated with the bacteria Listeria monocytogenes. The recall included a few different brands of fresh and frozen products made by Gourmet Boutique, the...

by DanDan over a year ago

Pistachios help reduce stress of everyday life

A recent research has showed that eating pistachios may decrease the body's response to the everyday life stress. In a randomized, crossover controlled feeding study, researchers inspected the effects of pistachios on uniform stressors on volunteers who had high cholesterol, but normal blood...

by Heidi Miller, LDN over a year ago

Doctors call for 'fat tax' on Coca-Cola and Pepsi

US doctors are becoming worried about the increasing number of deaths caused by obesity. This is one of the main reasons they have decided to start a war against soft drink industry as well as fast-food chains like McDonald's and Burger King. They are asking from the Government to increase tax on...

by Jane232591 over a year ago

Coffee has health benefits

It is discovered that drinking 1 to 3 cups of coffee per day may help protect against cardiovascular disease and other illnesses characterized by inflammation. The findings tend to suggest that there may be some benefit to drinking modest amounts of coffee. The researchers studied coffee drinking in...

by simone2593 over a year ago