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What are nutrient biomarkers and can they be used to study nutrition?
myfood24 has been validated against independent nutrient biomarkers, but what exactly are biomarkers? In this article we shed some light on what these biological markers are and why they can be so useful. Nutritional biomarkers Nutritional biomarkers are clues left by your body that reveal the food you have eaten. They are a characteristic that…
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Our take on the 12 days of Christmas
Since this is the season to be jolly, I thought you might be interested in our take on the ‘12 Days of Christmas’ (well the first 5 at any rate) using items found in myfood24. On the first day of Christmas, my truelove sent to me… a partridge in a pear tree – 1 Gressingham…
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Milk: sustainability vs nutrition – is it a trade off?
Sustainability has never been more important, with plastics having a devastating impact on wildlife and the environment. Most of us saw David Attenborough’s Blue Planet II where an albatross tried to feed plastic to their chick thinking it was food. However this raises a question, does going plastic free have to be a trade off…
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What Is the Role of an Epidemiologist?
Professor of Nutritional Epidemiology at the University of Leeds, Janet Cade, helps to shed some light on what an epidemiologist does and how data lies at the centre of it all. ‘An epi….demi….ologist, is that something to do with skin?’ Understandably, until recently, most people had never heard of epidemiology. The root of the word…
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Could myfood24 Help With Weight Loss?
A recent study assessed whether myfood24 could be useful tool to support weight loss through dietary self-monitoring Dietary self-management plays an important role in managing weight and has consistently been associated with weight loss. Self-monitoring involves an individual to observe and record their own behaviour which increases their awareness of that behaviour, this can present…
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Which dietary assessment method should I use?
Are you struggling to decide on the best method to use to assess food and nutrient intake? look no further, below we summarise the strengths and weaknesses of different methods to help make the decision that’s right for you and your needs. Accurately measuring diet is not an easy task, not only because you’re relying…
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