Alcohol-soaked Christmas desserts could impair ability to drive, research suggests

Can boozy puddings push you over the drink limit? Alcohol-soaked Christmas desserts could impair ability to drive Researchers found the alcohol-soaked dessert could push motorists over limit Harrods 12-Months Matured Decadent Christmas Pudding at 30 per cent alcohol Pudding with 30 per cent alcohol is ‘dangerous dessert’ for children and drivers By Kumail Jaffer For … Read more

High blood pressure and diabetes ‘can impair thinking and memory’

Diabetes and high blood pressure cause ‘structural changes’ in the brain that make people’s thinking slower and their memory worse, scans show Sufferers had ‘structural changes’ in the brain’s grey and white matter When these individuals did a memory test they performed worse than others High blood pressure was associated with mental decline in mid-life, … Read more

Keeping tomatoes in fridge does NOT impair flavour, study says

Ignore foodie snobs: Keeping tomatoes in the fridge or at room temperature makes no difference to their flavour, study shows Researchers put chilled and room temperature tomatoes to food assessors They found no ‘significant differences’ in sweetness, acidity and juiciness Team from University of Gottingen, Holland, said they can be stored in the fridge  By … Read more