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Pre-packed Sandwiches Saltier Than Crisps

...sandwiches alongside ready meals, pasta sauce, and pizza among some of the biggest sources of hidden salt....

'PizzaExpress' is the 'most Veggie' Food Chain

...sed by PETA for 'animal-friendly progress'. The pizza chain was founded in 1965 by Peter Boizot and the ...rant was opened in Wardour Street in London with a pizza oven and chef imported from Italy. Shoe company Converse was given the 'best cruelty-free trainers...

New York Bans Trans Fats in Restaurants

...saturated fat are often present in cookies, pasta, pizza and doughnuts, and they are believed to be contributing factors in the spread of cardiovascular diseases. According to the Harvard School of Public Health, trans fats are linked to at least 500 annual deaths from cardiac arrest in New York. Since...

Worried of Acne? Cut Down Milk

...sk of the condition; however, chips, chocolate and pizza did not, the scientists said. Writing in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, the researchers said that sex and growth hormones naturally found in cow's milk might trigger off spots. However, Britain's milk producers said that milk...

Vegetarian Diet Could Reduce Risk of Colon Cancer

...a 20-minute post-soup period, an "all you can eat" pizza meal, and a 60-minute post-meal period. Electro...p appetizer and then taken to an "all-you-can-eat" pizza buffet together in a social setting. When compared with the protein soup, the fatty soup consider...

Transformed Pizzas- for Those Who Mix Health and Pleasure

...gher levels of antioxidants in comparison to other pizza styles,” says study co-author Jeffrey Moore, a doc...ncer and heart disease. “We chose to investigate pizza dough because it’s one of the most popular wheat-based food products in the U.S.,” says Moore. “Maki...

Pass the Orange Tomato Sauce Please

Next time you load on the sauce, onto your pizza or spaghetti, make sure it’s made from orange tomatoes, not the usual red ones//. Scientists from Ohio State University have reported findings, which state that lycopene- the well-known antioxidant found in tomatoes, is absorbed better by the bod...

Having Kids at Home Fatten Up Mom and Dad?

...seem to eat as much or more than a whole pepperoni pizza containing saturated fat every week when they live with. A survey was conducted covering over 6,600 adults .The results of the work were published by the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine. The authors have opined that more investig...

The Fat Divide

...erms of flesh, between the less informed chips and pizza chomping Britons and their health conscious watch –what –you -eat// fellow citizens. The National Health Service (NHS) is seriously worried about rocketing obesity figures that cost the NHS around 3.3 billion pounds annually and has come up with a ...

Holiday Season Could Ring in “Heartburn Season

...o reach their full effect. So if you want to eat a pizza in the next half hour, it’s not going to stop the acid that you’re going to make in that time,” Dr. Spechler said. Antacids can help if foods consumed generate heartburn. Antacids act like a sponge to soak up the excess stomach acid, but they do no...

Consumers way off the mark in measuring calorie content in fast foods

When the coat of cheese on the pizza melts away in your mouth, you might just get misled about the number of calories that are packed in this delicious spread.// A novel study has served the idea of how people, irrespective of their size, misjudge the calorie content of fast-food meals....

Adherence to Dietary Recommendations Measured

...alories and saturated fats – such as cake, pie and pizza – often are served in wedge-shaped pieces, which studies have shown can make it difficult for people to estimate portions. Researchers at Tennessee State University have developed an adjustable wedge and compared people's ability to estimate portion...

Superfoods make super healthy humans??

...ncer. Cooked or processed tomatoes in pasta sauce, pizza and tomato juice will provide cardiovascular benefits and may protect against prostate, lung and stomach cancer. Cooking softens the cell walls, allowing the lycopene out. Brazil nuts are great for body cells as they contain selenium, which helps to ...

Organic food loses its whole-grain image

...ood. You will find sparkling wine and pre-prepared pizza on offer. There are consumers prepared to pay for organically grown produce, as is shown by the steadily rising turnover, up to almost 4 billion euros ($4.8 billion) in Germany and 1.2 billion pounds ($2.1 billion) in Britain last year. These days ...

Half The Girls In UK Starve To Stay Slim

... ten thronged on fast food like burgers, chips and pizza on a daily basis, nearly half said they always downed fizzy drinks. However, a third admitted their poor diets were the cause of arguments with their parents. The girls are missing out on vital nutrients required by the human body. Eating fruits inst...

Help teenagers eat healthy by giving nutritional information along with food.

... have shifted from cheeseburgers to hamburgers and pizza with extra cheese to a standard pizza etc, when they saw the nutrition information on display. Some of the information provide to the stu...

Pizza could cut cancer risk

Italian researchers claim eating pizza regularly reduced the risk of developing throat ca... developed cancer, the BBC reported. Those who ate pizza at least once a week had less chance of developing cancer, they found. Dr. Silvano Gallus of the Ma...

A Tomato a Day Keeps Heart Disease Away

...st one serving a day of tomato-based foods such as pizza or tomato sauce could lower your risk for heart di... including tomato juice, tomatoes, tomato sauce or pizza -- had a nearly 30 percent reduction in risk for cardiovascular disease compared with women who ate ...

Pizza is bad for health. But, do you know how bad?

...nderstand the extent of damage a single serving of pizza could do to our overall health. A recent study con...e in the Public Interest (CSPI), which involved 36 pizza restaurants in America and studied 15 varieties of pizzas and looked at dietary information provided...

Herbs: rich soure of antioxidants

... 12 medicinal herbs. In what may be good news for pizza lovers and Italian food connoisseurs everywhere, the herbs with the highest antioxidant activity belonged to the oregano family. In general, oregano had 3 to 20 times higher antioxidant activity than the other herbs studied, says Wang.On a per gram f...

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