Archive for January, 2009

Calorie Counts To Be Displayed In Restaurants

Friday, January 16th, 2009

If like me, you love eating out but are concerned about the unknown quantity of calories in that bar lunch/slap up meal/take-away, then you will be delighted to learn of the Government’s plans to change all that. A new scheme is being piloted where calorie and nutrition information will be clearly visible in coffee shops, [...]

Share and Enjoy:
  • Digg
  • del.icio.us
  • Google
  • Facebook
  • StumbleUpon
  • Technorati

Couples Face Postcode Lottery In Embryo Screening

Thursday, January 15th, 2009

Researchers have revealed today that over half of couples looking to have their embryos screened to avoid their children inheriting genetic diseases like breast cancer are being stopped from doing so.
Local health authorities are often refusing to finance the treatment for patients keen to not pass on defective genes to their offspring, according to evidence [...]

Share and Enjoy:
  • Digg
  • del.icio.us
  • Google
  • Facebook
  • StumbleUpon
  • Technorati

Is Too Much Coffee Making You Hallucinate?

Wednesday, January 14th, 2009

A report released today warns that people who drink coffee and products with caffeine in them are at risk of having hallucinations.

Researchers at Durham University discovered that the more caffeine students consumed, the increased likeliness of them hearing voices, smelling things and seeing things that weren’t there. The suggested reason behind this is the higher [...]

Share and Enjoy:
  • Digg
  • del.icio.us
  • Google
  • Facebook
  • StumbleUpon
  • Technorati

Eat Yourself To A Ripe Old Age

Tuesday, January 13th, 2009

For those of you who would quite like to live to 90, this diet is for you. The British Nutrition Foundation have come up with this anti-aging plan, commenting that now more than ever, we must watch what we eat.

In the next 50 years, the average life expectancy is predicted to go up a decade [...]

Share and Enjoy:
  • Digg
  • del.icio.us
  • Google
  • Facebook
  • StumbleUpon
  • Technorati

Baby Born Two Days After Her Mother Died

Monday, January 12th, 2009

News has been revealed today, of a baby girl,who was born two days after her mother - an ice-skating coach - died from a brain haemorrhage.
The woman, Jayne Soliman, 41 was taken to Oxford’s John Radcliffe Hospital, but she had suffered too much damage and was declared brain dead. However, doctors worked round the clock [...]

Share and Enjoy:
  • Digg
  • del.icio.us
  • Google
  • Facebook
  • StumbleUpon
  • Technorati

Cajun Squirrel Crisps Anyone?

Friday, January 9th, 2009

Are you fed up of the boring run-of-the-mill flavours like cheese and onion and ready salted? Then fear not, as those lovely people over at Walkers have decided to launch some new and rather unusual flavours - Cajun squirrel anyone? Or how about chilli and chocolate?
As of today, it will be the job of [...]

Share and Enjoy:
  • Digg
  • del.icio.us
  • Google
  • Facebook
  • StumbleUpon
  • Technorati

Cook Along Live With Gordon… Brown That Is!

Thursday, January 8th, 2009

A parish church in Yorkshire have managed to secure a rather unique recipe book deal, where the contributors are not your normal run of the mill celebrity chefs such as Jamie Oliver or Delia Smith. No, it is a celebrity of quite a different breed - political leaders to be precise, as Gordon Brown and [...]

Share and Enjoy:
  • Digg
  • del.icio.us
  • Google
  • Facebook
  • StumbleUpon
  • Technorati

Pizza In Favors Dinner Out As The Credit Crunch Takes Another Bite

Wednesday, January 7th, 2009

Domino’s Pizza seem to be one of the few companies reaping benefits from the recession, as people are choosing to crunch their takeaway pizzas over going out, to save some pennies. The company have announced their profits have fared much better than was predicted.
Domino’s have 553 stores across the UK and Ireland and put their [...]

Share and Enjoy:
  • Digg
  • del.icio.us
  • Google
  • Facebook
  • StumbleUpon
  • Technorati

Diabetics Now Faced with mental deterioration

Tuesday, January 6th, 2009

New reseach reveals that there is a tendency for adults diagnosed with diabetes to suddenly develop a bit of a mental block.

Scientists at the University of Alberta discovered that adults with type 2 diabetes had more difficulty with fast-thinking, organising, planning and being observant.
This is worrying news in Britain, at a time when more diabetics [...]

Share and Enjoy:
  • Digg
  • del.icio.us
  • Google
  • Facebook
  • StumbleUpon
  • Technorati

What do “Detox” Products Really Mean?

Monday, January 5th, 2009

A group of science students have revealed that it is unlikely any miracle products aimed at ridding the body of toxins as part of a new year detox will actually work.
The report, which was published today, highlights the problem within the market, as people are buying products on the basis that their body will be [...]

Share and Enjoy:
  • Digg
  • del.icio.us
  • Google
  • Facebook
  • StumbleUpon
  • Technorati