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| MILK NOT ALWAYS BEST FOR KIDS' BONES |
| Children who drink more milk do not necessarily develop healthier bones, researchers say in a report that stresses exercise and modest consumption of calcium-rich foods like tofu. |
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| LOW-CARB DIET SHEDS KILOS QUICKLY |
| Low-carbohydrate diets that cut out foods like bread and pasta work faster than low-fat diets, two new studies show. |
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| TRANS-FATS COME UNDER FIRE |
| Now there is a new reason to avoid a side of fries. The latest food culprits are called trans-fatty acids, or "trans-fats", and a campaign is being launched today to purge these molecules from the United States' cakes, snacks and fast foods. |
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| GOOD SUMMER NEWS - LESS FATTENING WATERMELON |
| A less fattening but no-less sweet variety of watermelon has been developed by a Hebrew University of Jerusalem agricultural scientist. |
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| GREEN TEA’S CANCER-FIGHTING ALLURE BECOMES MORE POTENT |
| Green tea's ability to fight cancer is even more potent and varied than scientists suspected, say researchers who have discovered that chemicals in green tea shut down one of the key molecules that tobacco relies upon to cause cancer. It's a find that could help explain why people who drink green tea are less likely to develop cancer. |
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| GM VICTIM OF 'MYTHS AND LIES': EXPERT |
| Myths and lies spread by the green movement about the consequences of genetic modification (GM) are preventing the use of new crops that could alleviate third-world famine, an international conference has been told in Melbourne. |
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| BREAD CRUST AND STUFFING RICH IN HEALTHY ANTIOXIDANTS |
| The best thing since sliced bread may be bread crust: Researchers in Germany have discovered that the crust is a rich source of antioxidants and may provide a much stronger health benefit than the rest of the bread. |
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| HONEY FIGHTS CHOLESTEROL AS WELL AS SOME FRUITS AND VEGETABLES |
| Don't like spinach? Try honey. It contains about the same level of plaque-fighting antioxidants as the leafy green stuff. And according to research presented at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society, the range of antioxidants in honey is comparable to that in apples, bananas, oranges and strawberries. |
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| ITALIAN CHEFS KNEW IT ALL ALONG: COOKING PLUMP RED TOMATOES BOOSTS DISEASE-FIGHTING, NUTRITIONAL POWER, CORNELL RESEARCHERS SAY |
| Cooking tomatoes -- such as in spaghetti sauce -- makes the fruit heart-healthier and boosts its cancer-fighting ability. All this, despite a loss of vitamin C during the cooking process, say Cornell food scientists. The reason: cooking substantially raises the levels of beneficial compounds called phytochemicals. |
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| STUDY PROVIDES NEW EVIDENCE THAT CHEMICAL IN TOMATO SAUCE MAY HELP FIGHT PROSTATE CANCER, PARTICULARLY IN BLACK MEN |
| A new study involving African-American men - who as a group have the highest incidence of prostate cancer in the world - provides further evidence that lycopene, a chemical found in abundance in tomato sauce, may help prevent or slow the development of the disease. The clinical study was reported 29/08 at the 222nd national meeting of the American Chemical Society, the world’s largest scientific society. |
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| LIGHT MARGARINE IS A GOOD SUBSTITUTE FOR BUTTER |
| Light margarine available on the market could be considered as a butter substitute. On the contrary to ordinary butter, light margarine do not contain either sufficient fats or harmful substances. |
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