Articles tagged with food

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Soybeans - the world's healthiest food?

3rd April 2012

Professor Ian Rowland discusses whether the consumption of soy is a recipe for a long and healthy life.

  • Food for thought

    14th February 2012

    Dr Jeremy Spencer examines the role of flavonoid-rich foods which have been shown to promote a healthy heart and improve our mind and mood.

  • Science for a safer world

    21st November 2011

    Dr Derek Craston, the Government Chemist, reveals how Captain Scott's preparations for his 1901 Discovery Exedition to the Antarctic included a personal request to the Government Chemist to analyse his planned food supplies.

  • Eating Sustainably: dream or reality?

    25th October 2011

    Scientist Carol Wagstaff explores whether it's really possible to eat sustainably, or if it's simply an idealistic dream of a fairy-tale future.

  • Hale and Hearty?

    7th September 2011

    The way to the heart is through the stomach. Julie Lovegrove investigates the crucial role diet plays in the health of heart and blood vessels.

  • What flavour is my lunchbox?

    10th August 2011

    Join Dr Jane Parker, food scientist, for a sensory overloaded lunch as she explains why there is much more to flavour than what taste-buds tell us.

  • Functional Foods: Sound Science or Marketing Hype?

    21st June 2011

    Do functional foods, like probiotics, prebiotics and superfoods, actually work? Or is it all marketing hype? Bob Rastall analyses a shopping basket in our latest Café RSC discussion.

  • Juice what the doctor ordered

    5th May 2011

    French scientists have devised a fruit cocktail that could ward off heart disease

  • Let's do lunch: your 21st century lunchbox

    23rd February 2011

    Suitable for young and old alike, it's a lunch break with a chemistry twist, hosted by food scientist Tom Coultate. We'll even provide the food!

  • Nuts about Christmas

    2nd December 2010

    Professor Clare Mills uses some festive examples to shed light on the difficult world of food allergies.

  • Bill Bryson iPad competition shortlist

    15th November 2010

    Check out the five top entries for the competition and vote for your favourite

  • Safety in numbers

    27th August 2010

    For all their bad press, chemicals with E numbers are mostly harmless

  • Why do onions make us cry?

    15th July 2010

    For all those who suffer when they cut an onion, help is at hand.

  • Food

    7th May 2010

    How will we feed the world's ever-expanding population?

  • Making the food of the Gods

    31st March 2010

    Writer and scientist Stephen T Beckett explains the science of chocolate

  • Genetic modification: solution or problem?

    2nd December 2009

    Are global food targets sustainable without help from GM technology?

  • Curry: the dish that conquered Britain

    10th November 2009

    Writer and curry expert Shrabani Basu investigated the phenomenon of British curry

  • Can we feed nine billion?

    4th November 2009

    John Emsley asked the uncomfortable questions about food production in the future