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food
2018-09-27 11:24
Obesity and Diabetes - are not the only consequences of unhealthy eating
Fast, (or junk), food is very popular, with young children, and adolescents. Frequent consumption of this type of food, is associated with negative impacts, on nutrition and health. Fast food meals usually,
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water
2018-08-18 13:46
Dehydration: a fast route to short life
Water is a major and vital constituent of the human body. The average adult’s body is about 60% water, whilst an infant’s is 75% and an elderly person’s 55%. Even a few days without water can be fatal.
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health
2018-08-04 14:41
Your health – what you eat
It is indisputable that what we eat is critical to our state of health. Nutrients provide the body with the raw materials and instructions on how to function. In other words food is the body’s information
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vitamins
2018-07-25 11:12
The role of dietary vitamins and microelements.
Vitamins, dietary minerals and trace elements are essential to the healthy function of the human body. Vitamins are organic compounds that are vital to, but, not produced by the body, so have to be obtained
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nutrition
2018-07-19 14:20
Sugar or Honey?
Granulated Sugar, which is the most common type of sugar, used for sweetening our cups of tea and coffee, consists of a mixture, 50 percent glucose and 50 percent fructose, (the sugar naturally found in
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supplements
2018-07-16 15:45
Are there dietary supplement side effects?
Dietary supplements have risks and side effects, in the same way that medicines do. Many supplements contain active ingredients that have strong biological effects in the body. This could make them unsafe,
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drink
2018-07-05 13:54
Sweet drinks lead to soured health
Sweet-tasting “soft” drinks are any beverage to which sugar or other low calorie sweeteners have been added. These include: • Sodas • Colas • Fruit punch • Lemonade and other fruit-flavoured carbonated
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cooking
2018-07-04 14:13
Microwaving - a myth or real danger for our diet?
Microwave ovens are used daily, in restaurants, cafeterias, snack bars, and almost every household. This is despite the fact, that the full effect of microwaves on food is not fully understood. A recent
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health
2018-07-03 16:16
Diet drinks on how to gain more weight
Logic would assume that consuming fewer calories would result in weight loss. However, in the case of artificial sweeteners, the paradox is true, it has been shown that they actually cause weight gain.
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health
2018-06-28 08:25
Smoked food: how is it made and how can it cause cancer?
The smoking process for meat, fish and cheese has been used for centuries in some countries. Its original purpose was for preservation, brought about by drying the food and introducing anti-microbiological
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health
2018-06-27 15:51
Heating plastics - eating plastics?
Since plastics were first produced in the early 1900s, they have become ubiquitous in our daily lives. The term “plastic” covers an array of organic, and inorganic compounds. Substances, known as plasticisers,
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health
2018-06-26 09:58
Fluoride supplementation: more harm than help
Fluoride is a mineral, and when present at the right level, it has long been believed to have two beneficial effects: preventing tooth decay and contributing to healthy bones. Adding fluoride to drinking
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health
2018-06-21 13:37
Plastics: a modern life poison
Plastic materials pervade every area of modern life. It is estimated that during the first ten years of this century, almost as much plastic was manufactured as during the whole of the last century. A
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food
2018-06-20 13:49
Wholemeal vs non-wholemeal bread
Typically about 50% of calorific intake of the Western diet is from carbohydrates. Wholegrains and dietary fibre are healthy sources of carbohydrate that also contain micronutrients such as Vitamins B
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supplements
2018-06-19 14:49
Introduction to dietary supplements: the good, the bad and the ugly
There are two common misconceptions about dietary supplements: firstly that the more the better, and secondly that they can be taken to make up for a poor diet. Research into the value of supplements in
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health
2018-06-18 13:57
The number of people that are overweight or obese continues to increase, resulting in poorer physical and mental health and potentially earlier death
The link between good nutrition and healthy weight, reduced chronic disease risk, and overall mental and physical health is too important to ignore. By taking steps to eating a healthy diet, you'll be
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food
2018-06-17 16:32
Organic food: not much different on nutrition and safety but still better?
The general perception that organically produced foods provide a more nutritious, safer and healthier option is not necessarily the case. Scientific studies have not produced straightforward, significant
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children
2018-05-28 14:02
Chubby Children 1
There is no doubt that the number of overweight and obese children is increasing dramatically; (e.g. in the UK school year 2016/2017 more than a 1 in 3 year 6 primary school children were over-weight or
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personal
2018-05-25 13:20
Heavy Handicaps
I, (as most in my field) am always banging on (and no doubt always will!) about the health disadvantages of being over- weight so today am going to highlight some personal ones: 1. It is an effort to walk
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health
2018-05-23 14:26
Choose Life
Contrary to what many people believe very few cancers are hereditary. According to the World Health Organization 85% of adult cancers are avoidable and approximately half of these are due to unhealthy
