Fruit And Veg "5 a Day" Advice Backed By New Findings

A large Swedish study finds a link between fruit and vegetable consumption and lifespan.

Chocolate May Lower Your Stroke Risk

Adding to the mounting evidence that consuming moderate amounts of chocoloate may benefit the heart, comes that of a new study of Swedish men that suggests it may also lower the risk of stroke. First author Susanna C…

Consuming Low-Fat Dairy Food May Reduce Your Risk Of Stroke

If you eat low-fat dairy foods, you may be reducing your risk of stroke. In a Swedish study published in the American Heart Association’s journal Stroke, people who drank low-fat milk and ate low-fat yogurt and cheese had a lower risk of stroke compared to those who consumed full-fat dairy foods…

Women Should Eat More Chocolate !

Good news for women and confectionary makers around the world, with new research showing health benefits from eating more chocolate. The article published in the Oct 18th issue of Journal of the American College of Cardiology studied more than 33,000 Swedish women who did not have any medical history of stroke, heart disease, cancer or diabetes and were between the ages of 49 and 83…

Chew More, Eat Less?

Nutritionists in China found when both lean and obese young men chewed more at a meal, they ingested fewer calories and had more favourable levels of gut hormones in their blood, lending credence to the old Swedish proverb that says, among other things, “Eat less, chew more”, and “all good things will be yours”…

Milk Does A Body Good, But Is Too Much Calcium Simply Too Much?

A new Swedish study shows that packing your body with massive amounts of calcium via dairy products such as milk, cheese and other items does not provide better protection against bone fracture and chance of breaking a hip for example. Basically it is important to stick to the recommended 750 milligrams per day and leave it at that…

Folic acid in dietary supplements could increase risk of breast cancer, Swedish research suggests

In most women folate, a type of B vitamin, reduces the risk of breast cancer. However, in women with a certain genetic make-up it has shown to be the opposite: folate raises the risk of breast cancer, according to a Swedish nutrition researcher.