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Chewing Gum

Chewing Gum

It seems mandatory that every soccer boss chews gum during the match. Maybe it helps to control the nerves. Or maybe it is based on decade-old research suggesting it sharpens the brain.

Chewing gum fits into the "feels good, looks ugly" category. I've seen presenters chew gum as they talk, giving the occasional flash of white blob. Kind of distracts from the message they offer.

Tee...

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Enlightening Vegetables

Enlightening Vegetables

For the best retention of nutrients in vegetables, the common view is that they should be eaten as soon as possible after harvesting. Certainly, they don't want to spend too long in the supermarket. That view may have to change, for spinach at least.

Photosynthesis continues under light

After harvesting, fresh produce is not necessarily "dead" or "dying". A recent study by...

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Skeleton in Deposit

Skeleton in Deposit

Although osteoporosis appears later in life, the process begins during childhood. If there is not enough calcium and vitamin D in the diet or, in the case of vitamin D, insufficient sunlight exposure, then not enough skeletal bone is created during our schooldays. Our bones reach peak mass by the age of 30 years and thereafter decline. The rate of the decline is greatly dampened if adequate calciu...

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Resistant Starch

Resistant Starch

You have all heard of fibre, the mainly undigested bits in non-animal foods. You know us nutrition folk worship the stuff because it keeps you and me regular, slows down your eating, slows down digestion and it keeps your intestines healthy. If your bowels are happy, then the whole world seems much more friendly and ordered.

The fibre travels past your stomach and small intestines, and slides int...

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Lactose Intolerance

Lactose Intolerance

Is lactose intolerance natural?

First, what is lactose intolerance? Our major source of lactose is milk (cow, goat, sheep and human) or yogurt. It is not found in hard cheese or butter. At birth, we have a digestive enzyme called lactase to break down lactose in breast milk to its constituent sugars, glucose and galactose, which are then absorbed into the blood.

By the age of 5 years, in many...

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