What Is Inflammation?
Inflammation is the intricate physiological process underlying the body’s defence mechanism against foreign substances like toxins and infectious agents such as microbes, and the repair […]
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Peltier Effect And Its Application In The Food Industry
Thermoelectric cooling and heating modules, also known as Peltier devices, play a significant role in the food processing industry, offering innovative solutions for temperature control. […]
Cognition In The Elderly Could Be Improved With B Vitamins
♦ The elderly who are suffering from mild cognitive impairment could improve their cognition function if their diet is supplemented with B vitamins such as […]
Why we should always eat oats
Oats are not as humble a cereal as we might think. This particular plant has properties that permit claims from both Europe and the USA […]
Caralluma – Appetite Suppression In A Plant
The succulent plant, Caralluma has been consumed in India by hunting tribes for generations to suppress hunger especially on long expeditions. The main plant species […]
Starch In Dairy Products
The use of starch in foods has taken many turns especially in dairy processing and the generation of both beverages and desserts. Starches as an […]
Coffee Consumption Appears To Reduce Liver Cirrhosis.
Liver cirrhosis is an extremely nasty condition to be living with and very often leads to liver failure and cancer. It is a condition brought […]
Inulin Claim Gets Go Ahead With EFSA Approval
Inulin is a very attractive ingredient for the nutritional food industry because it is a soluble fibre with strong prebiotic properties as well as having […]
The Texture Of Food
The way a food feels in the mouth, the crunch, the munch, the bite, the swallowing has an enormous bearing on how we perceive a […]
Acne – The Adolescent Nightmare
Every teenage nightmare must be to look in the mirror and see superating spots on the face ! Most of us have probably suffered if […]
Raspberry Ketones In Reducing Body Fat: Fact Or Fiction ?
Raspberry ketones have developed a reputation for helping us lose weight, but is this justified ? The raspberry ketone phenomenon where it is claimed ingestion […]
What’s The Best Way To Cleanse The Palate After Tasting Red Wine ?
Red wine drinking dries the palate and to conduct a seriously proper wine-tasting, most experts eat a dry biscuit between their sipping. That drying property […]
Cryptotanshinone, A Key Compound In Salvia miltiorrhiza
Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge (Family: Lamiaceae) has long been associated as a herbal for treating tumours, inflammation and as an antioxidant. One of the key components […]
The Sweet Cherry
The sweet cherry is a fleshy stoned fruit that is now one of the most popular both commercially and for its culinary-friendliness in the world. […]
Excoecaria agallocha
In the ‘Life Of Pi’ the hero comes across an island which ends up killing fish which enter it via a sinkhole. Although this sounds […]
Piper amalago
Analgesics are a popular folk medicine amongst the tribes of South America and one has been used in such folk medicine for centuries. The plant […]
Solanum cormbiflorum (Baga-De-Veado)
Solanum corymbiflorum is commonly known as baga-de-veado and is being hailed as a topical anti-inflammatory. Its leaves are applied to inflamed arms and legs, to […]
What Does ‘Natural’ On A Food Label Mean ?
The word ‘natural’ on any food label usually implies the ingredient or food stuff has been derived from sources which have been derived from animal […]
A Healthy Diet Helps Reduce Erectile Dysfunction
Flavonoids are natural components found in fruits, berries, vegetables red wine and tea A diet rich in flavanoids reduces impotence Study involved tracking the health […]
The Chinese Mitten Crab – An Oriental Delicacy
The Chinese mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis) is not a delicacy that immediately springs to mind in the Western world but having eaten them whole in […]