2nd January 2013
1.35 kg ripe, red, firm tomatoes
25 g fresh basil
3 fat cloves garlic, unpeeled
4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil, plus extra for dipping
1 large potato, about 175 g
2 rounded teaspoons tomato purée
1 dessertspoon balsamic vinegar
salt & freshly milled black pepper
Categories: Recipes
Read more...17th December 2012
Researchers have found a significant correlation between excessive daytime sleepiness and vitamin D, and race appears to play an important factor.
Results of the study show that in patients with normal vitamin D levels, progressively higher levels of daytime sleepiness were correlated inversely with...
Categories: Nutritional News
Read more...15th December 2012
A new study published in the online scientific journal BMJ Open has found that treating infection-prone patients over a 12-month period with high doses of vitamin D reduces their risk of developing respiratory tract infection — and consequently their antibiotic requirement.
Researchers examined whether...
Categories: Nutritional News
Read more...12th December 2012
Adults who include at least 150 minutes of physical activity in their routines each week live longer than those who don’t, finds a new study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
Data from the US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, the National Health Interview Study mortality linkage,...
Categories: Sport & Exercise, Healthy Aging
Read more...11th December 2012
Mothers’ vitamin D levels at a gestation of 26 weeks or less are positively related to birth weight and head circumference, and, in the first trimester are negatively associated with risk of a baby being born small for gestational age, according to a recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society’s...
Categories: Nutritional News, Children's Health
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