Food and Nutrition

In an interesting twist in the exercise and weight loss discussion Australian scientists have discovered that when we lose weight via exercise most of our loss is in the form of carbon dioxide that we breathe...

11 steps to a better brain - Smart drugs Does getting old have to mean worsening memory, slower reactions and fuzzy thinking? Around the age of 40, people may already admit to noticing changes in their mental...

You are what you eat, and that includes how your brain functions, the kind of thoughts you have and the efficiency with which you think and sort...

A recent study conducted by the University of Vienna and sponsored by the Austrian Ministry of Health, Families, and Youth, and with potentially massive ramifications for the whole GE and agricorp industry, purports to show that mice fed Monsanto GE...

Scientists say that cornflakes, biscuits and soft drinks may be as addictive as cigarettes and may attract similar health warning...

The active ingredient in Coke is phosphoric acid. Its pH is 2.8. It will dissolve a nail in about 4 days. Phosphoric acid also leaches calcium from bones and is a major contributor to the rising increase in...

Over the past century sugar has played an increasingly large role in our diet, especially in the 50 years since food production became...

A preservative E211, known as sodium benzoate, which is in most soft drinks, pickles and sauces, has been implicated in some serious health...

There is a new diet hitting town, not Atkins or Zone, but a diet based on raw living foods. This diet offers impressive weight loss, increased energy, less need for sleep and boosts the immune system until ‘it’s impossible to get sick’....

Behind the Bean is a report on organic soybeans by the US-based Cornucopia Institute which challenges the organic claims of many suppliers of tofu and soy milk. While US specific, it also has relevance to Australia as some of our soya products are...