Letter from the Editor: Here comes the sun

At MNT, the team has been recovering from a recent heatwave. But as Managing Editor Honor Whiteman reveals, the temperature isn’t the only thing on the up.

Could coffee enhance teamwork?

Does coffee make the team work (better)? This is what a new study, which found that caffeine boosts group interactions, seems to suggest.

Researchers see added nutritional benefits in organic milk

A team of researchers has found that organic milk contains significantly higher concentrations of heart-healthy fatty acids compared to milk from cows on conventionally managed dairy farms. While all types of milk fat can help improve an individual’s fatty acid profile, the team concludes that organic whole milk does so even better. The study is the first large-scale, US-wide comparison of organic and conventional milk

Making Hamburgers Healthier With Beetroot

According to nutritional experts at the University of Aberdeen, adding beetroot – which contains antioxidants – to burgers prevents the body from absorbing the ‘bad’ fat.