Scientists recommend less salt
You often read the message: "Eat less salt". But who knows how much salt you consume on average? There is definitely a discrepancy between the recommended intake and the actual ...
Health
General Article count: 139
Children & Teens Article count: 28
Cardiovascula Article count: 76
Diet & Weight Article count: 155
Diabetes Article count: 40
psyche Article count: 39
Seniors Article count: 10
Overweight in teenagers
Anyone who weighs too much as a teenager often has high blood pressure and a stressed heart as a young adult. This suggests a study by the University of Bristol ...
Burgers, fries & Co.
High consumption of fast foods may increase the risk of asthma and other allergic diseases. At least, scientists at the University of Sichuan's West China Hospital, who had evaluated 16 studies altogether, suspect this. The examinations, each with 140 to 500.000 participants, were from 2001 to 2015 ...
Eating and drinking in distant lands
For long-distance travel, freshly squeezed fruit juices and exotic snacks lure you on the roadside. The smell of fried specialties is in the air, and mobile traders offer fruit and vegetables on rolling carts ...
Furthermore, hardly any acceptance for genetic engineering in food
A large majority of the population in Germany rejects the use of genetic engineering in agriculture for many years: 79 percent of respondents are in favor of a ban on genetic engineering in agriculture. 93 percent of respondents want food labeled with genetically modified feed on the farm ...
Supplements do not prevent heart disease
Those who want to prevent cardiovascular diseases ideally provide their body with plenty of natural nutrients from plant foods. Most dietary supplements containing vitamins and minerals have no detectable effect, according to a recent metastatic study. The only exception were folic acid supplements, whose intake should reduce the risk of stroke ...
From "good" and "bad" fat cells
Scientists at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich have discovered a new type of fat cell. This suppresses the growth of new fat cells. Scientifically proven ...
Obesity in children
If the mother has normal body weight and healthy living habits, children and adolescents will have an up to 75 percent lower risk of obesity. This is what the results of a study by the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health in the US suggest ...
Child nutrition in transition
Children and adolescents consume fewer sweets and sugary drinks than they did ten years ago. But even healthy vegetables are rare in the teens on the menu ...
Sour and spicy stimulate the immune system
Our saliva is known to play a fundamental role in food intake. He is also the first barrier against invading pathogens from the outside. Therefore saliva contains various antimicrobial substances.
Food Trends 2018
Anuga FoodTec, which recently took place at the Cologne Exhibition Center, is the international supplier fair for the food and beverage industry. The international marketing service provider Innova Market Insights presented here his view of the top ten trends 2018 in the food scene ...