Why salt restriction is not the perfect fix for high blood pressure
Like cholesterol, health gurus have picked on sodium for years, but from a biological perspective, sodium is an…
The hard and soft of those moments of overindulgence
Your brain is not the only organ weighing in on culinary decisions, your tongue’s preferences impact too. So…
Stress really is the reason you ate the whole packet of …
The ability to taste sugar is seriously compromised following a stress full moment. Could this lack of sweet…
Why did the dish run away with the spoon ?
Scientists believe the magic happened because, in the moonlight the spoon took on a different colour, making it…
Diabetic guts don’t taste sugar
Do you LOVE the taste of sugar ? Most of us do, it is hard wired into us.…
Everyone should have a chocolate eating ceremony
Formally designing a little ceremony around your chocolate eating, will make the chocolate taste a whole lot better…
A meal without vegetables is like a present without a bow
The mere presence of a vegetable alongside the chicken, steak or pasta, improves the status of the meal,…
Smelly bites are smaller bites so chew on smelly food when on diet
Adding a little aroma to your food, could drop the amount of food on each fork load by…
Fat cats don’t do sugar
If only I was cat women. I am not really coveting the nine lives etc. The kitty characteristic…
Sucralose may taste good on the tongue but it doesn’t quite cut it in the brain
“There is no such thing as a free lunch” applies to the world of artificial sweetners. Titillating those…