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Eating Dark Chocolate Can Curb Diabetes, Heart Disease Risk

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Fancy eating chocolates every day? You may soon have the recommendation of doctors to indulge a little as researchers have found that a dark chocolate bar daily could reduces the risk of developing diabetes and heart diseases.   For the study, the researchers analysed data of 1,153 people aged 18-69 years old who were part of the Observation of Cardiovascular Risk in Luxembourg study. It was found that those who ate 100 g of chocolate a day — equivalent to a bar — had reduced insulin resistance and improved liver…

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Eating saturated fat could actually be good for you

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For a balanced diet – Eating saturated fat could actually be good for you Consuming saturated fat may actually be good for you, claims a new study that challenges the long held belief that dietary fat is unhealthy for most people. In a randomised controlled trial conducted by researchers at the University of Bergen in Norway , 38 men with abdominal obesity followed a dietary pattern high in either carbohydrates or fat, of which about half was saturated. Fat mass in the abdominal region, liver and heart was measured with…

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Could eating spicy food help you live longer?

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“Curry really could be the spice of life,” says The Daily Telegraph, reporting on a study looking at the link between regularly eating foods that contain capsaicin – found in chilli peppers – and the risk of dying early. The study of nearly 500,000 people in China found those who ate spicy food once a week or more were about 10% less likely to die during the seven-year follow-up period than people who ate spicy food less than once a week. However, the researchers say their work cannot prove that spicy…

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Eight tips for healthy eating

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These eight practical tips cover the basics of healthy eating, and can help you make healthier choices. Base your meals on starchy carbohydrates Eat lots of fruit and veg Eat more fish – including a portion of oily fish Cut down on saturated fat and sugar Eat less salt – no more than 6g a day for adults Get active and be a healthy weight Don’t get thirsty Don’t skip breakfast The key to a healthy diet is to: Eat the right amount of calories for how active you are, so that…

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Eating a balanced diet

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Eating a healthy, balanced diet is an important part of maintaining good health, and can help you feel your best. This means eating a wide variety of foods in the right proportions, and consuming the right amount of food and drink to achieve and maintain a healthy body weight. Food groups in our diet The Eatwell Guide shows that to have a healthy, balanced diet, people should try to: eat 5 A DAY base meals on starchy foods like potatoes, bread, rice or pasta have some dairy or dairy alternatives (such as soya drinks)…

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Green eating

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Much before man knew how to hunt or farm, leave alone adulterate or pollute, he foraged for food. It was as organic as it could get. That’s one amongst many other movements that the culinary world is bouncing back to in its effort to go green again. Sustainable food is the watchword in today’s polluted milieu with more and more practices geared towards eating and cooking clean. Into the Wild Modern-day foraging is hunting for exotic wild flowers, seaweeds, ferns, mushrooms and root veggies to add that outlandish touch to…

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