25th May 2013
Serves 4
3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
Zest of ½ lemon
1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
1 can tuna, drained
1 400g can chickpeas, drained and rinsed
2 tablespoons finely chopped Italian parsley
3 spring onions, white and light green parts only, thinly sliced
A...
Categories: Recipes
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Iodine is essential for producing the hormones made by the thyroid gland, which have a direct effect on fetal brain development. Although the potentially harmful effects of severe iodine deficiency on brain development are well-established, until now very few studies have examined the effect of mild or moderate...
Categories: Nutritional News, Hormonal Health, Children's Health
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Concerns have been expressed about possible health risks from high intake of vitamin E, however a new review, published in the Journal of Lipid Research, finds that it is almost impossible to take a harmful amount since biological mechanisms exist to routinely eliminate excess levels of the vitamin.
Vitamin E is...
Categories: Nutritional News
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According to a small study in the American Heart Association journal Hypertension, a cup of beetroot juice a day may help reduce your blood pressure by about 10 mm Hg.
The study involved eight women and seven men who had a systolic blood pressure between 140 to 159 millimeters of mercury (mm Hg), did not have...
Categories: Nutritional News, Healthy Aging, Metabolic Health
Read more...8th April 2013
A compound abundant in red meat and added as a supplement to popular energy drinks has been found to promote atherosclerosis – or the hardening or clogging of the arteries – according to new research published in the journal Nature Medicine.
The study shows that bacteria living in the human digestive tract...
Categories: Nutritional News, Healthy Aging, Metabolic Health
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