LATEST INSIGHTS
Nutrition EU Exit Regulations: Response from The Government
Introduction Earlier this month we wrote an insight entitled ‘Nutrition EU Exit Regulations: Response from the Food Manufacturing and Nutrition Industry’. Today, the 29th March 2019, the United Kingdom was…
Share
Chrono-Nutrition: What is it and Does it Affect Cardiac Health?
Chrono-Nutrition Chrono-nutrition is a relatively new field of research in nutritional epidemiology. It encompasses three fields of eating behaviour: timing, frequency and regularity. Circadian rhythm misalignment can occur due to…
Share
Can Vitamins Help Antibiotics Combat Superbugs: A Potential Synergistic Antimicrobial Effect
What is Antibiotic Resistance? Antibiotic resistance is when bacteria develops the ability to resist the effects of antibiotics that could once successfully treat that bacteria. Antibiotic resistance is a subset…
Share
Nutrition EU Exit Regulations: Response from the Food Manufacturing and Nutrition Industry
Introduction As part of the European Union (EU), the United Kingdom (UK) currently benefits from world-leading standards for the safety and quality of its nutrition regulation. Following the UK’s exit…
Share
Chicken’s Laying Eggs with Human Proteins: Development of a Novel Cost Effective Method of Drug Production
Genetically modified chickens have been developed at the University of Edinburgh’s Roslin Institute to produce human proteins in their eggs, which is hoped can offer a cost-effective method of producing…
Share
Dietary Supplement Use among Infants: An Insight into US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Findings.
There is only limited nationally representative data in the United States (US) available on dietary supplement use and the subsequent nutrient exposures among infants. In the United Kingdom (UK) a…
Share
In Depth: Clean Labelling – Are Foods Containing Less Than Five Ingredients Always Healthier?
Clean Labelling – What is it? Clean-labelling does not have a defined meaning; it is a concept that incorporates different trends. Clean-labelling often refers to the number of ingredients in…
Share
In Depth: Mycoprotein in Focus.
A food system involves the entire production process of a particular food – from its production to its final consumption. The ultimate aim is for a food system to begin…
Share
Nutrition is NOT a Simple Science
What is Nutritional Science? The science of human nutrition includes food science, food chains, behavioural science, wellbeing, law and policy, exercise and weight management. It is vital to study how…
Share
TEN of the Main (or lack of) Dietary Changes over the Last TEN Years
The National Diet and Nutrition Survey (NDNS) results from 2008 to 2017, published in January 2019, assesses detailed, quantitative information on the food consumption, nutrient intake and nutritional status of…
Share
The New Fast 800 Diet: Turning the Tide on Type 2 Diabetes.
The Fast 800 is a novel approach to healthy living, which is based on Dr Michael Mosley’s best-selling books: ‘The Fast Diet’, ‘Fast Exercise’ and ‘The Blood Sugar Diet’. The…
Share
Do We Need to Say Goodbye to the Everyday Pudding?
Public health experts have suggested that we all need to look at our increasing rates of sugar consumption. Concerning figures from Public Health England (PHE), state that the average 10…
Share
In-Depth: Palm Oil: Are We Unknowingly Feeding Our Children an Unethical Oil?
Palm Oil (PO) cultivation requires extensive areas of land. Its production has been linked to deforestation, climate change and socioeconomic instability. PO plantations support fewer tree and animal species, resulting…
Share
An Insight into British ‘Mid-Life’ Micronutrient Intakes.
What are micronutrients and why they are an important part of nutrition? Micronutrients are substances such as vitamins or minerals that are required by the human body in miniscule amounts.…
Share
In-Depth: Links Between Microbiota and the Gut-Lung Axis.
What is the Lung Microbiome? The lung microbiome, found in the lower respiratory tract, is a collection of microorganisms, particularly found on the mucous layer and the epithelial surfaces. It…
Share