Various media sources have reported that eating fruit, vegetables, fibre and dairy is linked with a lower risk of stroke. This follows a large European cohort study that looked at the link between different food groups and the risk of stroke in more than 400,000 people (average age 50 years) from 9 European countries. During
“Eat a big breakfast to lose weight fast – you’ll ‘burn twice as many calories’,” reports The Sun. The advice to eat more at breakfast than at dinner has long been proposed to help people trying to lose weight. The idea is that calories consumed at the start of the day are more likely to
“Researchers find a western-style diet can impair brain function,” reports The Guardian. An experiment on 110 students at an Australian university found that those asked to eat Belgian waffles and fast food performed worse on learning and memory tests after a week than those who ate their regular diet. The students eating fast food were
Mail Online reports that eating a Mediterranean diet “for just one year reduces frailty and keeps mind sharp in old age”, while the Express carried a similar message. Despite these positive reports, the study in question provides no proof that eating a Mediterranean diet reduces frailty or improves memory. Researchers were doing a secondary analysis
“Gay and bisexual men ‘more likely to suffer skin cancer’ – and it may be because they use sunbeds more, scientists say,” reports the Mail Online. A survey of 845,264 men and women in the US found that men who said they were gay or bisexual were more likely to have been diagnosed with skin
“Teenagers who sit for hours a day are more likely to get depression at 18,” reports the Mail Online. It’s been known for some time that children’s activity levels go down as they get older, and this seems to be happening more in recent years. The numbers of teenagers with depression have also been rising.
“Cervical cancer could be prevented with a single injection,” reports The Independent. This is based on a study that looked at the impact of different numbers of doses of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination in more than 130,000 women in the US. At present, young people in the UK are offered 2 doses of the HPV
“Signs of cancer can appear long before diagnosis,” reports The Guardian. Most cells in the body divide and reproduce constantly, picking up replication errors in their DNA over time as we age. Many of these errors may be harmless, but some can cause or increase the risk of cancer. Cancers begin when harmful errors, or
The Mail Online reports that “red meat IS bad for you” saying that eating pork or beef twice a week raises the risk of heart disease by 7%. The Sun meanwhile advises that eating chicken twice a week raises your risk. The health risks from a diet high in processed meats, like sausages or bacon,
“Drinking tea and red wine with plenty of kale could slash the risk of Alzheimer’s disease,” reports the Mail Online. If you think this claim sounds familiar, that’s because it is. For decades, scientists have been investigating the possible effects of chemicals called flavonols, which are found in tea, red wine, fruit and green vegetables.
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