2019-10-01 Australian Men\'s Fitness

Breakthroughs

Horrifyingnewsforchilli

loverseverywhere:new

researchfromtheUniof

SouthAustraliasuggeststhat

a spicydietcouldbelinkedto

dementia.A 15-yearstudyof

4582 Chinesepeopleaged

over 55 foundevidenceof

fastercognitivedecline–

almostdoubletheregular

risk– in thosewhoregularly

atemorethan50gchilli

a day.Interestingly,memory

declinewasevenmore

significantif thechilli-

chowerswerelean.Chillihas

previouslybeenfoundtohave

a beneficialeffectonbodyweight

andbloodpressure,soif youdolove

yourhotstuff,feelfreetokeepit up,

justrememberthatmoderation–

in everything– is key.

Hot off the press

Nutrition

Hoptoit

hadcomparedthem

withfoodsintermsof

antioxidantactivity.”

Arounda quarterof

theworld’spopulation

regularlyeatinsects.

Maybeit’stimethe

restofusstartedto

followsuit?

■Bugsarea great

sourceofprotein

andtheirlowcarbon

footprintmakesthem

goodfora planet

strugglingunderthe

loadofmillionsof

fartinglivestock,but

it’snowbeenfound

thatthey’realso

richinantioxidants.

A studyinFrontiers

inNutrition hasfound

thatgrasshoppers

pack75%the

antioxidantpowerof

freshOJ,andsilkworm

andgiantcicada

fathastwicethe

antioxidantpower

ofoliveoil.“Edible

insectsareanexcellent

sourceofprotein,

poly-unsaturated

fattyacids,minerals,

vitaminsandfibre,”

saysProfessorMauro

Serafini,leadauthor

ofthestudy.“But

untilnow,nobody

Eating too much

chilli could make

you lose your

marbles faster.

28 MEN’S FITNESS OCTOBER 2019

PROTEIN PER 100g

l Beetles: 23-66g

l Dragonflies: 45-65g

l Crickets: 65-70g

l Grasshoppers: 20-80g

l Lean beef: 26-27g

■Researchersfrom

BrighamYoung

University,US,

mighthavefigured

outa simpleway

togetpeopletobuy

morevegies:dress

theminblack.No,

we’renottalking

aboutdollingup

carrotsinlittleblack

dresses:researchers

foundthatplacing

freshproduceon

a blackbackground

makesthemappear

moreattractive

andappetisingto

Back in black

If you want to lower

your chances of

developing bowel

cancer, eat more

yoghurt. Research

published in the

journal Gut has

found that eating

two or more weekly

servings of yoghurt

may help to lower the

risk of developing the

abnormal growths

which precede the

development of

bowel cancer. The

study followed a

group of men from

1986 to 2012, and

found that men who

ate yoghurt were

26% less likely to

develop abnormal

growths that were

highly likely to

become cancerous.

“I’ll take

TUB it!”

THUMPING

potential buyers.

“If the goal is to

boost sales of fresh

produce in retail

stores, it makes

sense that vendors

present them in

an attractive and

appetising manner,”

says study

co-author Bryan

Howell. “In the

design world, black

has always been

the cool colour, but

I didn’t know it would

carry over into the

vegetable world.”