Without staring at the label for minutes, you can fish the healthiest products off the shelves in seconds with the BoodschApp. Is tomato soup from an A-brand healthier than the house brand? And is the cheap sprinkles actually of lower quality than the most expensive suit? Blip. Just scan with the h

Good news for those of us with a lot of moles:people with a significant number of moles live longer than people with few to no moles. During a survey by Kings College London more than nine hundred twins were studied. Those with more than a hundred moles were found to live on average six years longe

Dutch researchers have managed to create such a deadly flu virus in a laboratory that it is now being investigated whether the research data may be published. A deadly flu epidemic Of course we are not waiting for that. American experts therefore fear that information about a new deadly flu virus –

Taking an aspirin daily to prevent cardiovascular disease makes little sense for healthy women. This is apparent from research by the UMC Utrecht. Researchers from UMC Utrecht and researchers from Harvard Medical School analyzed the data from the Womens Health Study in which nearly 40,000 women age

Sprinkle some antioxidant-rich herbs over your greasy bite to protect yourself from harmful fats. A study by American professor Sheila West has shown that antioxidants the fat content in the blood can be reduced by up to 30 percent. Nice! After consuming a high-fat meal, the fat is converted into e

The Nutrition Center has come up with a handy trick for a healthier lifestyle:the EetWijzer app. The brand new Eat Wiser app from The Nutrition Center is a kind of digital eating coach that is linked to your calendar. How it works? The Nutrition Centers app reads your agenda and gives practical ti

British research shows that almost half of the cancers arising in 2010 are related to various lifestyle and environmental factors. Unsurprisingly, the single greatest risk factor in both men and women is smoking † Nearly 20 percent of all new cases of cancer related to this addiction. The researc

Now for sale:Body analyzer from Weight Watchers by Tefal. From €64.95 for only €54.95! Tefal and WeightWatchers team up to create a line of personal scales with which you can optimally monitor your weight. The WZ 7000 is the most comprehensive of the WeightWatchers by Tefal line † For optimal mon

Good thing. About one in three Dutch people take the animal welfare quality mark into account when purchasing for Christmas dinner. This is apparent from a survey by Maurice de Hond among 1500 respondents commissioned by the Covenant on Market Development for the Sustainability of Animal Products.

A glass of water when you get home, a greasy bite after a party or two paracetamol before going to sleep – whats the best way to prevent a hangover? Nausea, headache and extremely thirsty – yes, you have a hangover † Everyone has their own means to get rid of it, but as the saying goes:better avoid

The bubbles are already cold! But exactly how many kilocalories are there in a glass or bottle of alcohol? Good intentions for 2011? Lose weight maybe? Quit smoking? Or just healthier life † However much we are concerned with our health, most still want to continue to enjoy, for example, a glass of

Did the champagne flow freely? This is how you tackle that annoying hangover on January 1. If you do have a hangover… Try breakfast with fresh fruit † Rather not take dairy and fat; your digestive system cant handle that right now. Bananas and tomatoes seem to help a lot. Also drink a lot of wat

Leaving alcohol in January to detoxify your liver is medically pointless, says charity British Liver Trust . Many people have after the holidays the idea that they can limit the damage of alcohol by not consuming alcohol in January. But unfortunately, that is not the case. Andrew Langford of the Br

Sparkling into the new year. During these harsh weather conditions, a cold is lurking. Got one? Then take a multi-herbal preparation. Cold Innocent as it may seem, often forces us to lay down work for a few days. In children, it is even the main reason for absence from school † Six different viruse

Women prefer to receive support from their partner or online co-loser during weight loss than from a friend. Remarkable:although half of the overweight women is extra motivated to lose weight when she watches an overweight friend , slimming women do not need support from a girlfriend. They prefer t

Better school results and less overweight. In Sweden they seem to have got hold of the recipe for success – literally. Since the advent of the salad bar at Nordhems School in Gothenburg, Sweden, the number of overweight students has fallen sharply † At Nordhems School in Gothenburg, only 1 percent

Phew, women who work night shifts run a greater risk of cardiovascular disease. Night shifts are not too good for women. This is according to research by Canadian Joan Tranmer of Queens University. Tranmer studied 227 middle-aged women who work in the hospital and run both day and night shifts. R

Do you regularly drink a (strong) drink? Then stock up on strawberries, which reduce the harmful effects of alcohol on the stomach. A team of Italian, Serbian and Spanish researchers makes a remarkable finding:strawberries protect the lining of the stomach † Sara Tulipani, a Spanish researcher from

Do not freak out. Today there is a gigantic fake heart on the Vrijthof in Maastricht. Why? The Heart Foundation and The Heart &Vascular Group want to draw more attention to various cardiovascular diseases. With a huge fake heart at eight meters wide and six meters high, we think that will work.

An extra pinch of salt here and there while cooking… Not a good idea! An American study (with more than 12,000 American participants) has shown that people who a lot sodium (including from table salt), but little potassium (fruits and vegetables), almost 50 percent more likely to die to any disease