For many people a visit to their local farmers’ market, which have remained open during lockdown remains one of the highlights of their week. In contrast to the silent, bored-looking queues for supermarkets, farmers’ markets provide a place you can ask British farmers about their produce and growing methods and chat to other locals. Summer […]
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Many people woefully ignorant about food safety risks posed by COVID-19. A new study conducted by researchers from University College London has identified potentially harmful misperceptions about COVID-19 and nutrition. With a number of world leaders spreading dangerous advice about drinking disinfectant or even injecting it or taking antimalarial drugs for COVID-19 prevention despite scientists’ warnings, inoculating […]
This week (4-10 May) is Sun Awareness Week, which encourages people to regularly self-examine for signs of skin cancer and teaches everyone about the dangers of sunburn and excessive tanning. During the Covid-19 lockdown, the awareness week will share advice on sun protection and vitamin D to help people enjoy the sun safely throughout these difficult […]
The global lockdown has caused widespread panic and anxiety all over the world. Adapting to a significantly new lifestyle under quarantine can be challenging, to the extent that even our eating habits have been transformed. Ms Salma S. Khan – Nutrition Consultant & Health Writer takes a look at how we can optimise our nutritional […]
Study discovers the link between an the anti-inflammatory gut and seratonin. The scientific journal, Cell Metabolism publishes this April, the latest findings from Professor of Immunology Claudia Mauri’s Laboratory in UCL’s Inflammation Department in the Division of Medicine. This study, co-led with Dr Elizabeth Rosser, Senior Research Associate, Immunology Department, reveals a link between the […]
Few weeks ago Italy went into government-imposed lockdown as the coronavirus epidemic finally – and inevitably, perhaps – hit European shores. The World Health Organisation has warned governments around the world to step up preparations to deal with a full-blown pandemic – preparations which, it claimed this week, fell short of where it expected them […]
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Higher serum long-chain omega-3 fatty acid concentration, a marker for fish consumption, was beneficially associated with cardiac performance in middle-aged and older men from eastern Finland. However, methylmercury exposure, mainly through certain fish species, attenuated these associations, according to a new PhD thesis from the University of Eastern Finland. Coronary heart disease is a major […]
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New research led by Queen’s University Belfast aims to better understand the link between diet and disease in India. A disproportionately high number of premature death in India are caused by preventable diet-related disease. However, to date there is limited information on dietary intake among the Indian population. Researchers at Queen’s University, All India Institute […]
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Researchers from Northumbria University are asking adults aged 65 or over to spare some time to help with their latest research into reducing loneliness in older people and improving function in everyday tasks. Currently, there are nearly 12 million people aged 65 and above in the UK. In 50 years there are projected to be […]
Two scientists from the Institute for Global Food Security (IGFS) at Queen’s University Belfast have been selected to participate in pioneering, international research in the area of nutrition, preventive medicine and public health. Professor Jayne Woodside, from the Centre for Public Health in the School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences, and Dr Brian Green, […]
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