Few British know of dietary role in cancer risk
There is an alarming ignorance about cancer and how to reduce the risk of the disease that is Britain's biggest killer, according to a survey by a leading cancer charity Cancer Research UK.
Archives for January 28, 2005
Moderation to shape dieters' foods in 2005
The food industry will this year revert to one of the oldest principles in healthy eating - balance - as it seeks to respond to a consumer move away from extreme dieting, predicts a Mintel analyst.
UK supermarkets failing consumers on healthy eating choices
Several of the UK's leading multiple retailers are failing to help consumers make healthy eating choices, despite increasing action from the government to tackle the rising levels of obesity and dietary-related health problems, Tom Armitage reports.
Green tea extract boosts exercise endurance in animals
Green tea extract could become a novel ingredient for the sports nutrition industry if new findings on animals can be confirmed in human tests.
Calcium may protect women from colorectal cancer
Women consuming more than 800 milligrams of calcium each day reduced their risk of colorectal cancer by as much as 46 per cent, according a large study carried out in the US.