A study from Lund University in Sweden suggests that men who drink one normal-sized (330ml) soft drink per day are at a greater risk of getting more aggressive forms of prostate cancer. The study is published...

A comprehensive Australian report has reviewed the scientific literature on nuts and health and has countered the view that nuts are fattening. The report titled The 2012 Nut Report: Nuts and the Big Fat...

A new Dutch study has compared alcohol consumption alone against alcohol mixed with energy drinks and has purportedly found that alcohol and energy drink combinations decrease overall alcohol consumption...

The old adage of being “jolly,” as a backhanded compliment for overweight people is now proven according to scientists at the McMaster University in Canada. Researchers that were investigating a link...

Researchers at the National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction (NCETA) at Flinders University in Adelaide have found that there is currently one liquor licence for every 317 people in Australia...

Australian food researchers have been called upon to make last-minute applications for funding from the Australian Research Council (ARC) through the Industrial Transformation Research schemes. Those involved...

A world-first trial to test if a healthy Mediterranean diet can improve the mental health of people with depression is being conducted by Deakin University researchers in Australia, funded by the National...

United Kingdom scientists at the University of Leicester have identified a gene that regulates fruit ripening. The discovery offers serious potential to aid food production by permitting more natural forms...

Although  “healthier” raw food diets have been all the rage recently, Brazilian scientists have found that cooked food has helped to improve the evolution of the human brain. Research findings published...

A probiotic developed from dairy cultures by New-Zealand based Fonterra Nutrition has been reported to have significant long term benefits for children suffering from eczema; a condition that affects around...