Daily consumption of marijuana may increase an adolescent’s risk of having recurrent psychotic-like experiences by 159 per cent, according to a new study. The psychotic-like experiences include the experiences of perceptual aberration — for example feeling that something external is part of the...

Drinking coffee could lead to a longer life, according to a new study reported by US researchers at the University of Southern California (USC). In a study of more than 180,000 participants, the researchers found that people who drank regular or decaffeinated coffee experienced health benefits, s...

High intake of sugar during pregnancy may increase the risk of allergy and asthma in the baby, a study has found. While some research has reported an association between a high consumption of sugar-containing beverages and asthma in children, the relation between maternal sugar intake during preg...

Today, research has moved cucumber beyond men’s libido to many other health benefits. You are probably familiar with the phrase “cool as a cucumber”, which speaks directly to the soothing and cooling nature that cucumbers have when eaten. Cucumbers are extremely beneficial for overall healt...

Feeding pregnant female mice a diet high in fat derived from common corn oil resulted in genetic changes that substantially increased breast cancer susceptibility in three generations of female offspring, reports a team of researchers led by scientists at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer ...

Consumption of a Mediterranean diet rich in fruits and fish, along with a decrease in intake of soft drinks may help cut the risk of developing colorectal cancer by nearly 86 per cent, according to a study. Colorectal cancer (CRC) develops from intestinal polyps and has been linked to a low-fibre...

We might be surprised to know that fish oils have been around for quite a while now. While the controversy about red meat and cholesterol ranges on, for body make up and energy, protein consumption is expedient. Plant protein is generally preferred to animal protein but all of us don’t have to ...

Breastfeeding may reduce a mother’s heart attack and stroke risk later in life, according to new research. The study, published in the Journal of the American Heart Association, showed that women who breastfed their babies had about a 10 per cent lower risk of developing heart disease or stroke l...

Children who drink plant based milk beverages or milk from animals other than cows are more likely to be shorter, a study claims. Researchers from St Michael’s Hospital in Canada found that for each daily cup of non-cow’s milk they drank, children were 0.4 centimeters shorter than average hei...

According to a nutritionist Mr. Babalola Okiki explained the need to include dairy products such as milk in the diet of children. Milk or milk products have high quality of protein that may saves children from malnutrition. Proteins constitute about 18 percent of the protein content of milk. Case...