Research Paper Title Genetically Low Vitamin D Concentrations and Increased Mortality: Mendelian Randomisation Analysis in Three Large Cohorts. Study Question Are genetically low 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations associated with increased mortality when a mendelian randomisation approach is used? Summary Answer Genetically low 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations were associated with increased all cause mortality, cancer mortality, and other mortality but… Read More
Want Some Extra Flavour? Then Get Your Electric Spoon!
For all you salt junkies out there, if your dinner last night was missing some zing a newly developed spoon studded with electrodes could help. The spoon creates tastes on your tongue with a pulse of electricity. It has been noted that the spoon may add some extra flavour for people who should not eat certain foods. The… Read More
Milk Intake: What’s the Link with Fractures & Mortality?
Research Paper Title Milk Intake and Risk of Mortality and Fractures in Women and Men: Cohort Studies. Background The purpose of this research was to examine whether high milk consumption is associated with mortality and fractures in women and men. Methods This was a cohort study based on three counties in central Sweden. Two large Swedish… Read More
Want a Tastier Meal?
Cooks make tastier food when they can see their customers. Researchers set up four scenarios in a real cafeteria for two weeks. In the first, diners and cooks could not view one another; In the second, the diners could see the cooks; In the third, the cooks could see the diners; and In the fourth,… Read More
Is what ends up on a buffet diner’s plate determined by the presentation order of food?
Research Paper Title Slim by Design: Serving Healthy Foods First in Buffet Lines Improves Overall Meal Selection. Background Each day, tens of millions of restaurant goers, conference attendees, college students, military personnel, and school children serve themselves at buffets; many being all-you-can-eat buffets. Knowing how the food order at a buffet triggers what a person… Read More
Watch Diet & Exercise More to Prevent Overweight, NICE Advises Public
Everyone should be encouraged to be more physically active, spend less time in front of the television, and reduce their consumption of energy dense foods, takeaways, and sugar sweetened drinks, the UK National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has said in draft guidance. The advice also encourages the public to follow a “Mediterranean… Read More
Sports Bodies are told to Ditch Misleading Sponsorship
Sporting bodies should not accept sponsorship from nutritional supplement and sports drinks manufacturers, because they could be lending “unwarranted credibility” to these products, two leading authorities have said. They said that because these products are marketed as beneficial or essential for sporting prowess or general health – despite no evidence – the public is likely… Read More
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