Menopause: Diet rich in vegetable proteins from grains, soya, nuts may prolong fertility

Eating three to four servings of enriched pasta, dark bread and breakfast cereal were especially associated with lower risk of the menopause. Women consuming approximately 6.5 per cent of their daily calories as vegetable protein had a significant 16 per cent lower risk of early menopause compared to women whose intake was approximately four per […]

Last night's TV reviewed: Going against the grains

BBC Alice Morrison travels 2,000 miles in Morocco to Timbuktu: An Arabian Adventure He certainly economised in one area, calling himself just Ibn Khaldun when he penned various books in 14th-century Tunisia.  He also expressed the fundamental laws of value in the neatest way. The more arduous the journey undertaken by the merchant, he wrote, […]

If you’re a European, your body requires more vegetables and grains

Europeans’ genetic makeup favors a diet high in vegetables and grains, likely due to evolutionary pressures after the rise of agriculture 10,000 years ago. (credit: Hans Splinter) A new study of hundreds of human genomes has revealed that groups in various regions of the world have evolved for diets with different amounts of meat and vegetables. People from […]