Scientists say munching food for longer could help you cut flab. Chewing each mouthful for a longer time significantly lowers the amount of calories you consume during a meal. Chinese researchers found that volunteers who munched each mouthful forty times ate 12% less food compared to those who munched just fifteen times. It’s believed chewing food [...] Read more…
Dieters wanting to control the amount of food they consume while eating out now have a new way to do just that – use bigger forks. A recent study shows that diners using large forks eat less than people using smaller forks. University of Utah researchers studied how bite sizes impacted the overall amount of food [...] Read more…
Breakfasting on a 2-week-old sandwich may not be an awful experience after all, as scientists have come up with an innovative packaging technique which helps retain the freshness of food inside for a longer time. The secret to preventing food from turning bad lies in the process of gas flushing wherein oxygen in the packaging is removed [...] Read more…
Chocoholics will soon be able to design & reproduce their very own 3D creations in chocolate thanks to a new technology by UK scientists. University of Exeter researchers have developed a 3D printer that prints using chocolate. Many retailers have already shown keen interest in taking on the 3D printer. 3D printing utilizing plastic & metal [...] Read more…
Celebrities have always shown the way in case of diets, but when it comes to the raw food diet, they may be actually onto something. Maximilian Bircher-Benner, a Swiss doctor discovered the benefits of the raw food diet in the 1800s after he recovered from jaundice by munching raw apples. He studied the effects of eating raw [...] Read more…
A recent study suggests a cure’s in sight for children allergic to milk. Researchers at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease say when milk is heated, its proteins change, lessening the possibility of the immune system reacting to them. Therefore, eating baked products containing milk could help children overcome their milk allergies or outgrow [...] Read more…
Heinz Canada is recalling voluntarily some of its popular baby food products amidst concerns of defective glass jars. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) issued a warning that Heinz’s strained chicken with broth, strained lamb with broth & strained beef with broth, all of which come in 100 ml glass jars, shouldn’t be consumed. So far, [...] Read more…
