Diet and health
It is widely known that diet can influence our health, both positively and negatively. Read my blog to get updated about the latest news in diet and health.
By Thiyagarajan Sivapriya, M.Sc, M. Phil Cinnamon is one of the most popular spices[1] used by humankind, as a glance through any cookbook will indicate. From breakfast rolls to spiced cookies, pudding and pies to quick breads and chutneys, cinnamon finds its way into recipes for standard family fare as well as special treats. Cinnamon
What foods have gluten? This question is more and more commonly asked by anyone experiencing celiac disease-like symptoms and indeed, 1% of the worldwide population is affected by celiac disease. This disease affects individuals who are genetically predisposed to this condition and is an autoimmune disease caused by an abnormal immune reaction to gluten. Multiple
By Gianluca Tognon Osteoporosis is a skeletal disorder characterized by low bone mass (osteopenia) and qualitative alterations that are accompanied by an increased risk of fracture. Those called “primitive” forms of osteoporosis develop after menopause (postmenopausal osteoporosis) or with advancing age (senile osteoporosis). Secondary osteoporosis can be caused by a large number of diseases (hyperparathyroidism,
You are from the North, and have difficulties integrating a Mediterranean diet in your eating habits ? Then try the Northern diet, advises a researcher at the University of Copenhagen. The new Nordic diet specifically created to combine the sometimes conflicting interests of health, food and sustainability, not only contributes to weight control and reduced
By Gianluca Tognon Obesity is defined as an excessive accumulation of adipose tissue compared to lean tissue. Technically, a person is considered obese when his body mass index (BMI) is greater than 30. To understand the importance of this problem from a health point of view, one just need to think that some years ago,
Too much food advertising can damage our children? Having been born and grown up in Nutella’s home country, I am well accustomed to food advertising directed at children as well the effectiveness of this advertising—the family who owns the famous nut cream company has long been the richest family in Italy. Notably, the results from
Some time ago the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) declared that caffeine is dangerous if used as an additive to alcoholic beverages, as it happens with many energy drinks available on the American market. A growing number of studies show that the addition of caffeine as a separate ingredient to alcoholic beverages is not to
