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Tryptophan promotes charitable donating

Abstract The link between serotonin (5-HT) and one of the most important elements of prosocial behavior, charity, has remained largely uninvestigated. In the present study, we tested whether charitable donating can be promoted by administering the food supplement L-Tryptophan (TRP), the...

Passport to Health: Improving health at work

Summary A workplace programme, called Passport to Health, was trialled at Gatwick Airport in order to assess whether offering health resources to security staff could have a positive impact on dietary behaviour, perceived health, weight management and physical activity. Security staff were...

Eggs: A case for inclusion in dietary guidelines?

The September 2014 issue of the British Nutrition Foundation’s Nutrition Bulletin included an article on a conference held at the Royal Society of Medicine entitled ‘Dietary guidelines: Scientific substantiation and public health impact’ on Thursday 27 March 2014. Below is an overview of...

Beneficial effects of a higher-protein breakfast on the appetitive, hormonal, and neural signals controlling energy intake regulation in overweight/obese, "breakfast-skipping," late-adolescent girls.

Abstract BACKGROUND: Breakfast skipping is a common dietary habit practiced among adolescents and is strongly associated with obesity. OBJECTIVE: The objective was to examine whether a high-protein (HP) compared with a normal-protein (NP) breakfast leads to daily improvements in appetite...