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Think about your health, not your looks at the gym
If your gym instructor emphasises the health benefits rather than your appearance, you're likely to get more benefit and enjoyment from the class, according to a new report from Ohio State University.
Researchers concentrated their study
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Hormone might be key to hunger
The region of our brain that rewards emotions and desires can over-ride the messages which tell us we are full where there is a lack of the hormone leptin, leading to overeating, University of Cambridge team have discovered.
The research
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Retailers spot rise in 'superfoods'
Consumers have largely embraced the need to eat more healthily and there has been a noticeable shift from merely wanting to reduce the intake of fats, sugars and salts to actively seeking out foods with health benefits, researchers … read more.
Diet choices fuelling cancer rates
According to new research by Cancer Research UK, 'lifestyle' cancers are rising, with lack of a proper diet being one of the main causes of the rise.
Two of the fastest rising types of cancer in recent years, womb and kidney cancer are
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Increased folate consumption could reduce breast cancer risk
Consumption of folate could reduce the risk of breast cancer by 44 per cent, nutrition website nutraingredients.com has reported.
According to a new study from Sweden in the latest issue of American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, women who
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Home-cooked meals no slower than convenience foods
Consumers may think that they save time by cooking ready-made convenience foods, but a new study has found that it often takes no longer to prepare a meal from scratch.
Margaret Beck, a researcher at the University of California, Los
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Vitamin supplements 'may aid diabetics'
Diabetics could one day improve their condition by taking supplements of vitamin B1 (thiamine), following a new study that links many of the side-effects of the disease to a deficiency of the vitamin.
Researchers from Warwick University
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Coffee may protect women's memory
Scientists have found that caffeine may help older women to protect their thinking skills, according to a study in the journal Neurology.
A study by researchers at the French National Institute for Health and Medical Research in
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Green tea proposed as skin treatment
Consumers who suffer from the skin ailment psoriasis may benefit from a treatment made from green tea, researchers have said.
Green tea contains different nutrients and antioxidants to black tea as the leaves are not fermented, and it has
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Fast food branding blamed for kids' taste preferences
A new study has found that children claim to prefer the taste of foods in branded packaging to the same products in unbranded packaging, suggesting that branding has a massive impact on young children's taste preferences.
Researchers from
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Juices may threaten children's teeth
Parents are being urged to check the sugar content of seemingly healthy fruit juices before giving them to children, as many contain as much sugar as a fizzy drink, dentists have said.
A YouGov survey found that half of parents are unaware
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Consumers recognise health benefits of fish
British consumers are now so aware of the health benefits of fish that they are unlikely to be fazed by rising prices, experts claim.
According to Young's, rising global demand for seafood is likely to lead to increased prices for fish,
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