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Australian parents’ activists attack Kelloggs and McDonalds in ‘Fame and Shame Awards’ but McCain is acclaimed

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Australian parents’ activist group the Parent’s Jury has slammed two major food companies, Kelloggs and McDonalds, claiming that their marketing campaigns in Australia are misleading. Both companies...

Research discovery: Cooked meat provides more ‘energy’ than uncooked meat

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New research from Harvard University, in the U.S., has shown that cooked meat provides more energy than raw meat. The researchers claim their findings suggest cooking played a pivotal role in human evolution...

Junk food diet can lead to infertility in males, study finds

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Scientists from America and Spain have announced that a diet of junk food can lead to infertility in healthy males. A series of studies were conducted by scientists from the Harvard School of Public Health,...

Protein key to curbing overeating, Australian study finds

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Scientists from the University of Sydney, Australia, claim to have found the first scientific evidence that dietary protein plays an important role in human appetites. According to the Dr Alison Gosby...

Australian research finds dietary or cooking habits affect drug dosage tolerance

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A University of Sydney PhD student has discovered that a patient’s diet and cookery styles impacts on the required doses of medicines commonly used to treat illnesses such as depression and psychosis. Vidya...

Potatoes and other high-GI foods may not be dietary villains after all, NZ study

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Potatoes and other foods reportedly high on the Glycemic Index (GI) might not be the dietary villains that many dieticians claim them to be, according to a new study by the University of Otago, in New...

US study: Dietary supplements risk – excessive minerals intake

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A study published this week in The Archives of Internal Medicine has found that high levels of mineral intake in dietary supplements may not be a good thing. Researchers from the University of Eastern...

A healthy diet during pregnancy reduces birth defect risks

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A new study from Stanford University’s School of Medicine, in the US, has found perinatal and pregnant women who consume a healthy diet stand a lesser risk of having a baby with birth defects. In the...

New obesity research revises the weight loss assumptions

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New research on obesity, published today by the world-renowned medical journal The Lancet, has revealed that, for decades, dietitians and doctors have been basing weight-loss advice on mistaken assumptions. The...

The rise of gluten-free foods in the UK

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Rising diagnosis rates of coeliac disease, combined with an increased awareness of the perceived benefits of a gluten-free diet, are driving growth in the free-from sector in the UK. Euromonitor forecasts...