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Vegetarian women are at a higher risk of hip fracture
Vegetarian diets can be ‘healthy or unhealthy’
12-Aug-2022
A study of over 26,000 middle-aged UK women reveals those with a vegetarian diet had a 33% higher risk of hip fracture compared to regular meat-eaters. University of Leeds research, published (Thursday, August 11) in the journal BMC Medicine, investigated the risk of hip fracture in occasional ...
Dietary salt substitutes lower risk of heart attack/stroke and death
Beneficial effects likely to apply to people everywhere, say researchers
11-Aug-2022
Dietary salt substitutes lower the risk of heart attack, stroke, and death from all causes and cardiovascular disease, finds a pooled data analysis of the available evidence, published online in the journal Heart. The beneficial effects of these substitutes are likely to apply to people all ...
Study reveals environmental impact of over 57,000 food products
10-Aug-2022
If you want to do something good for the environment when shopping for food, you should avoid meat, fish and cheese and instead opt for fruit, vegetables and bread. This is the conclusion of a British study that assessed the environmental impact of more than 57,000 products available in ...
Britons can buy food via suppliers on Tiktok
03-Aug-2022
Tiktok users in the UK can now buy food via the platform. Since Monday, cooking box suppliers Pasta Evangelists, The Veg Box Company and The Fish Society, among others, have been offering their products via the social network, trade publication The Grocer reported. Among other things, the brands ...
Junk food advertising restrictions prevent almost 100,000 obesity cases and is expected to save the NHS £200m
Researchers are now investigating the impact of rolling the policy out nationwide
03-Aug-2022
Junk food advertising restrictions on Transport for London (TfL) networks have prevented almost 100,000 obesity cases and is expected to save the NHS over £200 million, according to new research. The new study, from the University of Sheffield and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine ...
Plant-based meat ‘healthier and more sustainable than animal products’
02-Aug-2022
Plant-based dietary alternatives to animal products are better for the environment and for human health when compared with the animal products they are designed to replace, say the authors of a new study. A new paper published in Future Foods argues that because these foods are ‘specifically ...
Unhealthy food and beverage brands encouraging TikTok users to market their products for them
Given TikTok’s popularity with children, policies are needed to protect them, say researchers
27-Jul-2022
Unhealthy food and beverage brands are encouraging TikTok users to market their products for them—effectively turning them into ‘brand ambassadors’—as well as using their own accounts for promotional activity, finds an assessment of video content posted on the social media platform and published ...
First trial to prove a diet supplement can prevent hereditary cancer
Could a banana a day keep the cancer doc away?
27-Jul-2022
A trial in people with high hereditary risk of a wide range of cancers has shown a major preventive effect from resistant starch, found in a wide range of foods such as oats, breakfast cereal, cooked and cooled pasta or rice, peas and beans and slightly green bananas. An international trial - ...
Natural food more mouth-watering to children than processed fare
Children are more likely to prefer foods they believe to be natural to man-made options, rating them higher for tastiness, safety and desirability, a study shows
25-Jul-2022
Natural food more mouth-watering to children than processed fare Children are more likely to prefer foods they believe to be natural to man-made options, rating them higher for tastiness, safety and desirability, a study shows. Researchers say the tendency in adults to prefer natural food is well ...
SpectrumLeaf Europe's premium CBD brands list officially on the UK's Novel Food List
20-Jul-2022
SpectrumLeaf Europe's Cannadips CBD pouches and Elevar Hemp CBD oral strips have recently been added to the UK's Novel Food List. Whilst all CBD products on the list are all currently under the status of 'awaiting evidence,' the FSA (Food Standards Agency) published list shows which products have ...
