Cranberry juice has long been proffered as the cure to bladder infections, but according to the latest research these claims are unlikely to be true.
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It can be tough to get your vitamin D quota, especially this time of year. Now scientists has released research on mushrooms that suggests an ultraviolet light, the same that boosts your tan, can boost vitamin D content in your favourite fungi.
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We all know about the dangers of drinking too much and the damage we could be doing to our bodies but new research has revealed that even consuming small levels of alcohol could be having a dramatic impact on heart function.
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While walnuts have been found to have the most antioxidants in the nut family, two new studies suggest in-shell pistachios may be the best ‘skinny nut’ and one of the lowest calorie nuts around - when consumed unsalted and from shells, of course.
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We could be throwing away the most health beneficial part of an onion, after research found that the brown skin and external layers are rich in both fibre and flavonoids. While the bulbs have been found to contain sulphurous compounds and fructans.
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There are some weird and wonderful biscuits on sale in supermarkets, but new research showed that traditional digestives have been the most popular over the past 12 years. Sainsbury's used Nectar card details to compile the top five dunkable treats.
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According to research our brains play a key part when it comes to a taste test. A new study found that when consumers thought they were eating chocolate from Switzerland they preferred it to one made in China but the latter won the blind taste test.
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Including teenagers in family meals is key to heading off problems such as eating disorders, obesity and inadequate nutrition, researchers claim. A study shows even sitting down to just three family meals a week can be enough to safeguard the health of teens in ‘significant ways’.
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We’ve long been told about the benefits of regularly taking ‘good bacteria’ or probiotics, mainly for our gastrointestinal health but research has found that as well as being good for the gut they could also be good for your mind and general wellbeing.
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The much-maligned vitamin D has benefits for pensioners, according to new research. Scientists found that vitamin D, betaine and methionine, might help reduce the risk of macular degeneration, based on a long-term twins study.
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Despite thousands of people trying to lose weight before they go on holiday, to make sure they have a good ‘beach body’, it seems once they get their all the healthy eating ideas go out of the window, with 74 per cent admitting to eating fast food.
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We have all heard that a glass of wine a night can be good for the heart but apparently a glass of red wine a night is good for the whole body! New research focuses on wine's healthy ingredient called Resveratrol, which can aid active lifestyles.
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New research shows that beetroot juice could be the difference between winning and losing in this year’s Tour de France. Research by the University of Exeter, published in the journal Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, shows drinking the juice enables competitive-level cyclists to cut down the time it takes to ride a given distance.
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It seems that cultured meat, meat grown using tissue engineering techniques could eventually replace regular meat. A study found that the environmental impacts of cultured meat could be substantially lower than meat produced in the conventional way.
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New research from HolidayExtras.com has revealed that the humble sandwich tops the list for must-have food on a beach picnic. Over a quarter of Brits, when asked, what is the must-have food for a beach picnic, opted for traditional sandwiches (such as egg and cress).
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A new survey by pollsters You Gove has revealed that more than half of British people prefer milk chocolate to the white or dark varieties. Under a third of all those polled selected dark chocolate as their favourite while white chocolate polled poorly with just over one in ten naming it as their favourite.
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It seems we are cooking and baking more now than we did five years ago according to Canderel. Over a third (37%) are reviving the trend for baking and home-cooked meals. Almost half of the Brits (43%) spend at least an hour a day in their kitchen
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A long-term breast cancer study found regular screenings reduced diagnoses and deaths from the disease. 30% fewer cases of breast cancer were diagnosed in women who went for regular screens, compared to those who did not attend screenings.
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We have all heard about good cholesterol in that it is good for our hearts but it seems that there is no real evidence that the more good cholesterol we have in our bodies the better it is for us, with less risk of coronary artery disease.
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Black and green tea has been found to have anti-cancer nutrients by two new studies. Researchers from New Jersey found a tea compound, TF-2, killed off cancer cells and also caused certain cancer cells to shrink within three hours of treatment.
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Checking food nutrition labels could be the difference between us eating a healthy diet and constantly putting ourselves at risk by breaking our maximum daily recommendation of salt, so calls are being made to make them even clearer.
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Many GPs recommend a Mediterranean-style diet for optimum health, especially in our later years. Now it seems olive oil in particular is an essential part of a pensioner's diet as it may actually help prevent a deadly stroke or heart failure.
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We have long been told about the health benefits of superfoods but now Sulforaphane, one of the primary phytochemicals in broccoli has been proved to selectively target and kill prostate cancer cells, leaving normal prostate cells healthy and unaffected.
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Drinking coffee can help improve the results of chronic liver disease treatments. That's the view of researchers in the United States, who studied patients undergoing treatment for hepatitis C, specifically receiving peginterferon plus ribavirin.
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