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Cape Town sports scientist Prof Tim Noakes is in great shape. At 65, after four years on his low-carb, high-fat (LCHF) diet, his energy levels are stratospheric, and his running has improved spectacularly. Here Noakes clarifies fundamentals of his diet.
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This exciting discovery on an Mpumalanga plantation ends a farmer's nine-year quest to cultivate one of the most expensive delicacies in the world - and could be the start of a lucrative new agri-industry.
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After learning that the pork it was serving did not meet its animal welfare guidelines, fast-track, fast-casual Mexican restaurant chain, Chipotle, has temporarily stopped serving pork-based carnitas at 600 stores around the nation. Why is this potentially self-harming move interesting and pertinent?
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A Stanford, California, biochemistry professor has invented a meat-free burger that looks and bleeds juice just like the beef you cook on a grill. Venture capitalists and Bill Gates think he's onto something and have put up millions in backing dollars.
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IFFCO, the United Arab Emirates-headquartered company is hoping to overturn an earlier ruling from the Supreme Court that prevented it from selling its Tiffany Break bar because it was allegedly in breach of Nestlé Kit Kat trademark. The case is now...
Consumers are buying more of Clover's full cream products and slightly fewer of its low fat offerings, says CEO Johann Vorster. Promulgated and hugely popularised in SA by sports scientist Prof Tim Noakes, a low-carbohydrate, high-fat eating plan has been widely adopted by SA's middle...
Bridging a gap in the market between fast-food joints and full-service restaurants, fast-casual chains such as Nando's chicken, Shake Shack and Chipotle Mexican Grill are enjoying success across the world. The combined sales of American fast-casual outlets rose by 10.5% last year, compared with 6.1%...
Our current cultural obsession with food is undeniable. But, while the advent of the foodie may be a 21st century phenomenon, from an evolutionary standpoint, flavour has long helped define who we are as a species, a new book, Tasty, argues. Written by...
Researchers at UC San Francisco have launched SugarScience, a groundbreaking research and education initiative designed to highlight the most authoritative scientific findings on added sugar and its impact on health.
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The European government voted yesterday to allow individual member states to decide whether they grow or ban the use of GM crops in their own nation.
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Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) in mid-December 2014 announced it was selling its global cocoa business to Olam International for $1.3-billion. This propels the Singaporean coffee-to-cashews trader to the top ranks of cocoa processors by volume alongside Barry Callebaut of Switzerland and US-based Cargill, as...
The end/start of a year always brings voluminous trend insights and predictions — from research companies, newspapers, chefs, flavour-makers, food companies, bloggers...
The problem with modern diets is that they rely too heavily on modern, processed foods. If only we emulated the eating habits of our paleolithic predecessors, we’d be healthier and less obese. That’s the premise of popular “paleo” diets. As this article debates, the truth...
Fishing conglomerate Oceana is looking to cast the nets of its highly profitable canned fish business into African markets.
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Kenya's Florence Wambugu is a pioneering and tireless supporter of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and biotechnology in food production in the developing world - and she was named as one of the humanitarian/PC-busting online magazine, spikedonline-com's people of the year for 2014. Sadly,...
Firmenich, the second-largest global flavour house, has announced that honey is its 'Flavour of the Year' for 2015.
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The Salk Institute in La Jolla, California, has published details of its research into a new diet pill called Fexaramine that, unlike anything before it, may well open the door to successful and safe global weight loss.
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Respected UK think-tank on the healthy food-drinks sectors, New Nutrition Business, has released its acclaimed annual trends report: 10 Key Trends in Food, Nutrition and Health 2015. In 2015 ingredients and brands that are naturally functional will continue to surge, along with good...
A simple potato extract may limit weight gain from a diet that is high in fat and refined carbohydrates, according to scientists at Montreal's McGill University. The results of their recent study were so surprising that the investigators repeated the experiment just to be sure.
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Local hygiene company, Pescatech, has launched a new product – BioFinder, a product that can detect biofilms in 30 seconds on any surface in the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries.
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