http://www.ra4food.org Health and Nutritional Tips Sat, 13 Mar 2010 22:25:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Will calorie counting on menus actually help us to eat a more healthy diet? In the latest ploy to try and enforce healthy eating, the Food Standards Agency wants to introduce a voluntary roll out of calorie counting to restaurants and fast food outlets. A pilot scheme was introduced last year ... http://www.ra4food.org/2010/03/13/what%e2%80%99s-on-the-menu-today-why-it%e2%80%99s-calories/ Government watchdog makes an unexpected u-turn in the fight to help us separate the ‘good’ from the ‘bad’ in our shopping basket. Four years ago following extensive research, the government’s Food Standards Agency recommended a system of traffic light labels to help people make healthy choices when buying food. The scheme ... http://www.ra4food.org/2010/03/12/no-green-light-for-food-labelling/ On the lookout for the ultimate convenience food? Read on! Until relatively recently the Department of Health was advising us that seafood was bad for our health, but in 2006 government scientists changed their minds and decided it was good for us after all! For over twenty years mussels were considered ... http://www.ra4food.org/2010/03/10/mussel-in-on-the-latest-health-food/ Environmental groups slam the decision as a threat to human health, while two of its member countries express their opposition. It is twelve years since there was European approval for a genetically modified crop until yesterday when the European Commission in Brussels authorized the cultivation of a genetically modified potato crop. ... http://www.ra4food.org/2010/03/04/anger-criticism-at-the-approval-of-a-new-gm-crop-for-europe/ Bacteria sprayed into the air when a toilet is flushed can travel up to eight feet! When a toilet is flushed, miniscule droplets are propelled into the air outwards and upwards, landing on any available surfaces within approximately six to eight feet. Known as the aerosol effect, the problem was identified ... http://www.ra4food.org/2010/03/02/flushing-your-toilet-may-damage-your-health/ We tend to think of soup as a healthy, comforting food, but the high levels of hidden salt it contains present a very real risk to our health. High levels of salt are linked to high blood pressure, and increase the risk of having a heart attack or stroke. There is ... http://www.ra4food.org/2010/02/26/new-survey-warns-of-high-salt-levels-in-soup/ You may think that the meat that went into the pie you bought labelled ‘ Produced in the UK’ came from Britain, but you could well be wrong! Now that’s all about to change. Many of us keen to support British farmers, and concerned about animal welfare, opt to buy British ... http://www.ra4food.org/2010/02/24/misleading-labelling-of-meat-products-to-%e2%80%98end%e2%80%99-but-will-we-ever-get-%e2%80%98uk-born-bred-and-fed%e2%80%99/ New research suggests that while sufferers of diabetes may use a high protein diet as a means of controlling the condition, dolphins, conversely, seem to have developed a diabetes like state in order to support their high protein diet. About 2 million people in the uk have been diagnosed with type ... http://www.ra4food.org/2010/02/22/could-dolphins-hold-the-key-to-a-cure-for-type-ii-diabetes/ That tantalizing smell while you’re frying your food just might give you cancer along with an appetite! The fumes that result from frying food at high temperatures are known to cause changes in DNA  and may be carcinogenic. Professional chefs are particularly at  risk. Lung cancer rates in China, for example ... http://www.ra4food.org/2010/02/18/can-cooking-with-gas-increase-your-risk-of-developing-lung-cancer/   CAN A COMPUTERISED PLATE REALLY HELP TACKLE CONCERNS OVER RISING OBESITY RATES IN CHILDREN? We know from previous research that people who are overweight tend to eat much more quickly which, in turn, can mean that they eat a lot more food than is necessary before feeling full.  Now, based on this ... http://www.ra4food.org/2010/02/15/can-a-computerised-plate-really-help-tackle-concerns-over-rising-obesity-rates-in-children/