Think about what printer you buy
When we go to the store to buy a new printer, we look at the features that are available compared to the cost; our decision is then made on that basis. However, according to recent research some printers should come with a government health warning.
In a study produced by Lidia Morawska, a physicist at Queensland [...]
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 [...]
Dog food good enough to eat
How bad would it have to be before people resorted to eating dog food? Well as bad, as it may sound in cases dog food is actually comparable if not better than some foods that have been prepared for human consumption.
Of course, it has to be a special kind of dog food, but over the [...]
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 [...]
Tuna extinct by 2012!
It seems that Tuna has been on the global diet for decades, most commonly it was found in tins, but recently there has been an increased in fresh tuna, not only in restaurants but available in super markets too.
What this means is that the stocks of tuna are falling, in a similar manner as the [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Great bedroom design
The problem with bedroom design is the fact that it is a personal thing, what one person may like another person may feel is totally wrong. But that is down to taste and that is something that some people have and other people simply think that they have.
There are some points that could help someone [...]
The round bed is cool
This is a great innovative design that brings all of the traditional features and qualities that you would expect with a hi profile bed, but all with put into a round shaped bed, which you have to admit is unusual to say the least and has no sides, wouldn’t that cause a row.
Features:
Round bed with [...]
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 [...]
Eating your veg is not so good
For as long as anyone can remember children and adults have been told to eat their fruit and veg, but according to recent research by Donald R. Davis, a former research associate with the Biochemical Institute at the University of Texas, Austin, we need to much more than we first thought.
This is not because [...]
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 [...]
Secret sites for GM crops
Once again, the government have selected sites where the trials of genetically modified (GM) crops will be trialled, at the moment there are no trials going on within the UK, but this will change when the trials restart at secret locations and possibly a government military research facility at Salisbury in Wiltshire.
In the past when [...]
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 [...]
Purple tomatoes are good for you
Scientists at the John Innes Centre in Norwich, Norfolk have developed a special type of tomato, at first site it could look like a huge blackcurrant due to its colour, but in fact, this is a tomato that has been genetically modified by adding genes from plants.
These tomatoes are unlike to be sold in the [...]
Keeping fruit and veg fresh
Food has been a strange gauge these days to see how the state of the economy is going, with food prices virtually at an all time high, then it is no wonder that the western world have been feeling the so called credit crunch.
However, at the same time the amount of food that we waste [...]