1st March 2013
This recipe is from the brilliant Functional Nutrition Cookbook. It’s packed full of antioxidants and poaching the chicken keeps the meat moist and tender.
4 chicken breasts
250g tenderstem broccoli, trimmed
1/2 red onion, finely chopped
1 red pepper, sliced thinly
Handful of mange tout
2 carrots, cut julienne...
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Read more...26th February 2013
Results of a study published in The New England Journal of Medicine this month show that the Mediterranean diet supplemented with extra-virgin olive oil or tree nuts reduces by 30 percent the risk of suffering a cardiovascular death, a myocardial infarction or a stroke.
The research is part of the project...
Categories: Nutritional News, Healthy Aging, Metabolic Health
Read more...21st February 2013
4 courgettes sliced diagonally
2 buffalo mozzarellas
2 tbsp mint leaves
2 tbsp lemon juice
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Read more...14th February 2013
An updated Cochrane Review on vitamin C and the common cold has found vitamin C to be particularly beneficial for people under heavy physical stress. In five randomized trials of participants with heavy short-term physical stress, vitamin C halved the incidence of the common cold. Three of the trials studied...
Categories: Nutritional News, Sport & Exercise
Read more...9th February 2013
If you have been following advice to swap butter and other saturated fats for “healthy” margarines and vegetable oils then you ought to take notice of evidence published in the British Medical Journal this week. The new evidence, from a previously missing data, shows replacing saturated fats (found in meat, eg...
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