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| Yoghurt consumption linked to lower diabetes risk Posted: 06 Feb 2014 05:05 PM PST The evidence comes from a long-term health survey of men and women living in the eastern county of Norfolk, whose eating and drinking habits were detailed at the start of the investigation. During the study's 11-year span, 753 people in the group developed adult-onset, also called Type 2, diabetes. Those who ate low-fat fermented dairy products – a category that includes yoghurts, fromage frais and low-fat cottage cheese – were 24% less likely to develop the disease compared to counterparts who ate none of these products. When examined separately from the other low-fat dairy products, yoghurt by itself was associated with a 28% reduced risk. People in this category ate on average four and a half standard 125-gramme pots of yoghurt each week. Those who ate a yoghurt for a snack, instead of a packet of crisps, had a whopping 47% reduction in the probability of developing diabetes. Only low-fat, fermented dairy products were associated with the fall in risk. Consumption of high-fat fermented products, and of milk, had no impact. The research, published in the specialist journal Diabetologia, was not designed to probe why eating low-fat fermented dairy products appears to be so beneficial. One future line of inquiry is whether the impact comes from probiotic bacteria and a special form of Vitamin K they contain, according to the paper, headed by Nita Forouhi, an epidemiologist at the University of Cambridge. "At a time when we have a lot of other evidence that consuming high amounts of certain foods, such as added sugars and sugary drinks, is bad for our health, it is very reassuring to have messages about other foods like yoghurt and low-fat fermented dairy products that could be good for our health," said Forouhi. The study took into account factors such as obesity and a family history of diabetes that could potentially skew the results. But, its authors acknowledged, it also had a limitation. Volunteers' eating habits were recorded in exacting detail at the start of the study but this information was not updated during the ensuing 11 years. So it was unknown if or how they changed their diet over this time. – AFP/Relaxnews, February 7, 2014. |
| World’s most expensive Valentine’s Day dinner Posted: 06 Feb 2014 04:40 PM PST Created by the same folks who put together around-the-world trips to all 962 Unesco World Heritage Sites and a culinary odyssey to Michelin-starred restaurants in the world, the latest outrageously extravagant package from VeryFirstTo is an eight-course meal prepared in the home by Michelin-starred British chef Adam Simmonds (pic). Predictably, the menu is designed as an aphrodisiacal experience that starts with oysters and Almus white caviar – a symbol of fertility – along with Pacific Bluefin tuna, foie gras, truffle salad and Wagyu beef. Dishes are also paired with some of the finest wines in the world. Saffron risotto, for instance, is accompanied by a 1990 La Romanee-Conti, Domaine de la Romanee-Conti, valued at £17,000. To wash down the oysters, guests will sip on a £3,600 bottle of 1959 Salon Blanc de Blancs, that also comes with South Sea pearls. To cap off the meal, guests will tuck into bowls of vanilla and smoke chocolate Kopi Luwak ice cream. Kopi Luwak – known as the most expensive coffee in the world – is actually coffee berries extracted from the feces of the Asian civet cat. Simmonds earned his first Michelin star while at Ynyshir Hall in Wales in 2006. The deal, which was also created in collaboration with GreatBritishChefs.com, expires February 11. – AFP/Relaxnews, February 7, 2014. |
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