Feb 16, 2010 | Healthy Eating |
Each year we like to dust off the crystal ball and predict what will be the “hottest” trends for food for 2010, so here are our Top 7 predictions for the coming year: 1. Food lanes We profiled this trend last issue and will begin to see them...
Feb 11, 2010 | Body and Mind, Healthy Eating |
CAFFEINE and alcohol can be a deadly mix. The rising popularity of mixed drinks like the “Jager Bomb” (Jagermeister and Red Bull) or the self-explanatory “Vodka and Red Bull” has worrying implications for road safety, research shows. A field...
Feb 10, 2010 | Allergies/Food Sensitivities, Healthy Eating |
It is worth reading this article to see if you can pick who is paying for the research behind these claims. My belief is the dairy board. If we were to look at this practically there are so many flaws in the argument. Firstly the quality of the dairy...
Feb 10, 2010 | Body and Mind, Healthy Eating, Medications/Vitamins |
Cyndi: “Grow your own herbs and use them in your for foods, as they are important for health.” MANY herbal medicines are contaminated with potentially lethal doses of heavy metals such as arsenic and mercury, belying their reputation as low-risk...
Feb 9, 2010 | Healthy Eating |
Soy does have isoflavones, to help prevent lung cancer, but it also has phytates and phytoestrogen, which cause mineral deficiency and increased female hormones respectively. So to be prudent eat soy sparingly as isoflavones are also available in many other...
