Assorted Links

The magic of mangoes. “In one double blind trial which included a low fat diet, the participants who took the mango supplements lost 5.3 per cent of their body weight while the control group lost only 1.3 per cent.” Which sounds impossible.
Greek yogurt taste test
Umami flavour as a means of regulating food intake and improving nutrition and health
Babies fed breast milk have better intestinal microflora than babies fed formula. “Our findings suggest that human milk promotes the beneficial crosstalk between the immune system and microbe population in the gut, and maintains intestinal stability.”

Thanks to Melissa McEwen and Bryan Castañeda.

6 thoughts on “Assorted Links”

i) Mango: I don’t know the African variety but can vouch for the Pakistani ones – delicious.
ii) Yog: I buy Total and when I want a bit of fruitiness stir in some of my wife’s wild bramble jam. Delicious too.

Agree on yogurt. I don’t know if there are health benefits (no-fat versions seem to be most common), but plain slightly tart strained yogurt certainly does taste great when you mix in some jam or jelly.

Mangoes–university where mangoes are a major export (Benin) publishes a study showing that mangoes cause weight loss. Please don’t judge me, but I’m a little skeptical.

Seth: I am more than a little skeptical.