Vitamins should not be used after exercise
The sales of vitamins have grown over the past few years to a level where more or less everyone buys some sort of vitamin product within their shopping as a matter of course. These are packaged as being good for people who are young, old and those who like to keep fit.
The benefits are clear [...]
McDonald’s $100 million worth of coffee marketing
When time start to get tough on the high street it is the toughest of the bunch of all who will survive and as times are tough now. It seems that the major battleground will be over coffee and the big hitters are already planning their attacks.
It is McDonalds who are coming out with all [...]
Giving kids sweet drinks makes sickness worse
Whenever a child is sick, some believe that by giving them flat fizzy drinks like coke or lemonade will help them recover faster, however recent research has found that this may not be the case.
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has said that it is just a myth that giving anyone suffering [...]
A stores dream, bacon aroma
If there is one smell that could even turn the strictest of vegetarians into a meat eater, even if it is only for a few seconds, it is the smell of bacon.
It is the smell that stops people in their tracks and there is a good reason for it. It seems that there is a [...]
Getting more fibre
Whatever diet you look at there is more than likely going to be some sort of element of fibre required, this is essential for healthy living. But with so much being spoken about how good fibre is for us, but how can good sources of fibre be introduced into an already balanced diet.
Below are some [...]
Some food colours are just wrong
We often see foods that have been dyed for special occasions, this is normally a one off event for certain days of the year, but oddly coloured food does not necessarily have to be just for one day only.
There are foods that have been brought out which are in a colour that we do [...]
Celebs like Bling H2O
It must be a sign of the times when a bottle of water has a price tag of around £30, but then again this is the world’s most expensive bottled water and is favoured by the world’s celebrities.
But is “Bling H2O” going too far, it is said that one celebrity gives only this water to [...]
Salt worry for youngsters
Just walking around an average supermarket will show that we rely heavily on processed foods. These foods are good for busy people who are working and bringing up children, but may not be too good for the diet.
It seems that children some aged as young as eight are getting more particular on their diet, and [...]
Coffee no go for pregnant mums
Coffee should be off the shopping list for pregnant mums as recent research has revealed that it could increase the possibility of their babies developing cancer.
It is the caffeine in the coffee that causes the problem. As it is thought that caffeine can damage the babies DNA while it is still in the womb. This [...]
Brits shopping for foods they do not like
In a quest for a healthy life style, many people in the UK are forcing themselves to go out shopping for foods that they really do not like simply because they are taking notice of the claims that these foods are the healthy option.
Millions of people are trawling the supermarket shelves for liver, marmite, lentils [...]
Good night’s sleep saves hundreds in cold remedies
Over the winter months consumers spends millions if not billions of pounds on treatments for colds, which for most of the time will not do anything to cure the cold, other than make the sufferer feel slightly more comfortable.
However, researchers have found that although there may not be a cure for the common cold, there [...]
Japanese try new products to stay young
The Japanese have always had some strange shopping habits, well they would appear to be strange to us, and to them they are perfectly normal. However, sometimes they get into something that promises to promote not only beauty, but health too.
There a growing number of what are being called Beauty Restaurants, this is where these [...]
McDonalds doing well
There has been a huge turnaround at McDonalds recently; they have changed the decor in their restaurants and the menu too. This has had a huge effect on the turnover of the company, which at one time were struggling in the face of other competitors.
Yet this has been a quiet revolution within the fast food [...]
Scientists working on a love spray
There are always many products around that claim to attract the ladies. However, like the ambitions of the ladies men that like to use these products normally fail to deliver the goods, which is probably a good thing in the end.
Nevertheless, to make things worse for the women out there, scientists are working on developing [...]
Living near alcohol is dangerous for kids
A recent study has found that the closer that a teenager lives alcohol retailers the greater the chance that they will end up being influenced by drink, this could either mean binge drinking and drinking and driving.
The study showed that home that are within walking distance of the alcohol retailers there is evidence of the [...]
Pepsi comes in all colours
The Japanese are so cool, they get all of the latest technology before us and they seem to always get different products too, like Pepsi. We have to do with the standard Pepsi, granted it may come in diet and other variations, but it is nothing like the Pepsi that is on sale in Japan.
Pepsi [...]
Children with drinking problems
Shops and stores that sell alcoholic drinks are coming under increasing pressure due to the amount of children and teenagers who are drinking alcohol to excess.
At such a young age, these young drinkers are at a higher risk of suffering from liver disease and cancer. This would normally be expected in adults who drink heavily [...]
Japan gets white label McDonalds
These days we have almost got used to what labels for most products, but in Japan, one of the most famous trademarks and business names is going for a low profile.
McDonalds have spent the past few decades building up a brand, which is recognisable, virtually any around the world, but are they about try something [...]
Buy copper handles to beat bugs
The increase in infections from superbugs actually puts some people off from going into hospital sometimes, yet it would seem that there are some things that can be done which will help the fight against these superbugs, which could make all of the difference between getting the bug or getting healthy.
A recent study found that [...]
Starbucks likes water
You would expect a coffee shop to use a certain amount of water, after all, they would need it to make the drinks and wash up afterwards, but it seems that the set up that world famous coffee brand Starbucks is using more than their fair share of water.
Apparently, they have upset many of the [...]