Infections can sometimes be very difficult to treat in a hospital setting due to super bacteria rejecting the antibiotics patients are given for treatment. However, a substance found within Chilean avocados has been found to prevent this from happening. According to scientific research, a natural substance that is found in the Chilean rainforest could block read more »

TV chef Jamie Oliver has spoken up about how he feels Education Secretary Michael Gove has allowed unhealthy foods to seep back into English schools. Oliver famously campaigned for healthy food standards to be implemented in schools throughout England – a move that prompted the removal of vending machines containing confectionary from schools, and school read more »

A product made from ripe tomato extract that claims to promote an improvement in blood flow, which is important for a healthy heart and cardiovascular system, is to be showcased at a major trade show in Hong Kong that takes place in September 2011. The developers of Fruitflow, a concentrated tomato extract in syrup form, read more »

Here in the UK health experts have long since recognised that dried fruit can be just as healthy as fresh fruit, but further studies have now revealed it could also contain properties which may help fight cancer. Dried fruit is a great source of fibre, vitamins and minerals, and their low glycaemic index values also read more »

According to US scientists walnuts are the healthiest form of nuts and we should all make an effort to incorporate them into our diets. The experts from Pennsylvania say that walnuts contain the highest levels of disease fighting antioxidants of all nuts and though most nuts have great nutritional value it is walnuts who reign read more »

Recent research has suggested that women who drink more than one cup of coffee per day could reduce their risk of having a stroke by up to 25 per cent. Dr Susanna Larsson, a researcher from the National Institute of Environmental Medicine at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden has said that coffee is one read more »

Try incorporating a few of the following ‘superfoods’ into your daily diet to help you maintain a healthy brain well into old age.: Blueberries – Studies in animals have revealed that blueberries may help to reduce the effects of age related conditions such as alzheimer’s disease and dementia, as well as protecting the brain from read more »

A recent and small scale study from Which? Gardening has suggested that produce grown using artificial methods can be just as good for you as that which is grown organically. The two year study involved growing tomatoes, potatoes and broccoli both the organic way and the conventional way. The research found that the non-organic potatoes read more »

Research carried out by US chocolate company Hershey has found that the amount of antioxidants in chocolate is comparable to the amount present in blueberry, cranberry, pomegranate and acai fruit juices. The study found that small bars of dark chocolate came out at the top of all tests and were found to have high levels read more »

Our favourite cartoon sailor was right all along- according to recent research spinach really does make you stronger, though its not the iron which does the trick it is the nitrates that are responsible. A team of Swedish scientists have found that nitrates, which are present in a variety of green, leafy vegetables are able read more »