Nutrition & Food Science: Volume 89 Issue 1

CONSUMER POWER

Verner Wheelock

Verner Wheelock PhD looks back at recent changes in the food market. He considers peoples' views of food, the likely origins of their beliefs, and describes how retailers are…

LISTERIA

Michele Sadler

In recent years the number of cases of listeriosis has been widely publicised. Michele Sadler PhD describes the causes of the problem and explains the reasons for this focus of…

VITAMINS AND MINERALS

Judy Buttriss

There are about thirty vitamins and minerals (micronutrients) required by the body (table 1). Although some of these nutrients are required in very small amounts they are…

UNTEASING DIETARY FIBRE

David A.T. Southgate, Richard M. Faulks

Evaluating the hypothesis that dietary fibre is a protective factor and interpretation of the nutritional advice to ‘eat more fibre’ is dependent on quantitative measurements of…

FREE RADICALS

Judy Buttriss

There is a growing body of evidence to suggest that some of the nutrients discussed in the previous article, possibly by virtue of their antioxidant effect, have a role to play in…

HEALTHY EATING

NUTRITION POLICY REVIEWED Jennie Starr, District Dietetic Manager of the Eastbourne Health Authority looks at what has been achieved since the introduction of a healthy eating…

EDWINA CURRIE PROMOTES BREAST FEEDING

For some years it has been known that women decide to breast feed or not long before their babies are born, and even before they become pregnant. Decisions appear to be made in…

NEW TRENDS IN MICROWAVE PACKAGING

Recently the Microwave Association held a three day conference which attracted delegates from throughout Europe and also from America, Canada and Japan. Various speakers predicted…

GUT REACTIONS

Mabel Blades

The gastro intestinial tract extends from mouth to anus and enables the uptake of nutrients (including water) to occur, as well as the excretion of waste products. Problems can…