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Absolutely Bottling It- Why You Rely on Your Water Bottle for Emotional Support

Absolutely Bottling It- Why You Rely on Your Water Bottle for Emotional Support

by Tom Ford | 05/06/26 | Mood Food - Post

Let’s talk about your water bottle. Yes, you know the one, you carry it around religiously, you’re panicked when you can’t find it and it just makes you feel a lot more comfortable when you have it around you. This water bottle is different,...
Sweet Relief: How Sour Candy Can Ease Anxiety

Sweet Relief: How Sour Candy Can Ease Anxiety

by Sam Burton | 03/06/26 | Mood Food - Post

Eating extremely sour candy (the sort that can make you wince) is often viewed as a challenge rather than a comfort. But for some people the opposite is true: these mouth-puckering sweets can also be an effective relief for anxiety and panic attacks. Founder of...
Why Browned Food Tastes Better: The Magic of the Maillard Reaction 

Why Browned Food Tastes Better: The Magic of the Maillard Reaction 

by Sam Burton | 02/06/26 | Mood Food - Post

A seared steak. The golden crust of a freshly baked loaf of bread. A crispy rasher of bacon. A freshly poured cup of roasted coffee. When done right, all these things have a signature, mouth-watering taste. But despite being so different from each other, there is one...
Conversation with Dr John Prescott: No politics – food and psychology only

Conversation with Dr John Prescott: No politics – food and psychology only

by Rose Xu | 02/06/26 | Mood Food - Post

There are worse things than sharing a name with a former UK Deputy Prime Minister. “It’s got me very good tables at restaurants in the UK,” Dr. John Prescott says, completely deadpan. “We are from similar area in England, and we are probably cousins.”...
The yuck factor: Why lab-grown meat disgusts us

The yuck factor: Why lab-grown meat disgusts us

by Emily Thornton | 01/06/26 | Home Page Carousel, Mood Food - Post

Have you ever imagined what a vulture would consider fine dining? Roadkill, an animal carcass, carrion, perhaps. Millions of years of evolution make it highly likely that you just experienced disgust.There’s a reason that description invites an immediate yuck factor;...
‘You can’t hate it, you haven’t tried it’- the primitive reflex behind new food avoidance

‘You can’t hate it, you haven’t tried it’- the primitive reflex behind new food avoidance

by Tom Ford | 01/06/26 | Mood Food - Post

It’s a very common experience, you encourage your child to eat something new, and you get the same response every time- an unwavering ‘no, I don’t like it.’ Head in your hands because its the fifth time this week, and you ask yourself how can you not like it? You’ve...
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