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HOME AND GARDEN Feeding the Future – an exciting new study that you can be part of! The Parish Magazine - May 2022 35 In the garden Researchers at the University of Oxford are looking for as many volunteers as possible to complete an online survey to improve future research on the health impacts of different diets. How can we know which foods are good for us, and which ones aren’t? To investigate this, researchers use large scale observational studies which track people over time to see if certain diets appear to be linked to a higher risk of developing disease. RISKS But because UK diets have changed so much over recent years — for instance, with the rise of new plant based milk and meat alternatives — we have very limited information about what modern diets actually contain. This makes it very difficult to understand why certain diets may be associated with different disease risks. Dr Keren Papier, a nutritional epidemiologist at the University of Oxford, explained: 'Studies have shown, for instance, that plant-based diets are associated with a lower risk of heart disease. But these diets can be interpreted very differently in real life; some vegetarians and Fruit and veg: Maria Sokor, dreamstime.com Burger: Grafvision, dreamstime.com vegans may eat many nutritious foods such as whole grains, fruits, vegetables, and pulses, while others may solely eat white pasta, tomato sauce, white bread with margarine, and crisps.' FEED To address this, Dr Papier and her colleagues have launched a new study called Feeding the Future (FEED), which aims to generate an up-to date picture of what UK adults following different diets are actually eating. The researchers are looking for as many UK residents as possible to complete a short, one-off survey about the foods they eat, and why. They hope the results will increase our understanding of how disease risks may vary for different diets, and inform future research and dietary recommendations. 'Whether you are a carnivore, vegan, vegetarian, pescatarian or flexitarian, we would really like to hear from you. 'By taking the survey, you can help contribute to important research, without even leaving your home' added Dr Papier. HOW TO HELP BY TAKING PART IN THE FEED SURVEY The survey is open to all UK adults over 18 years old and can be found at: https://oxford.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/feeding-the-future-study-feed Klaphat, dreamstime.com The number one tip from the Royal Horticultural Society this month is to watch out for late frosts and to protect any vulnerable plants. Writing this at the end of March when many of us had been lulled into thinking summer is almost here because of some unusually warm temperatures, it was a surprise to wake up to snow flurries and frost. We need to take that RHS warning seriously! Here is another serious suggestion from RHS — be nice to slugs and snails! The society has recently began a campaign to encourage us to see the gastropods in our gardens in a better light. It says that the species play a key role in garden ecosystems, and thus are in need of some ‘positive PR’. It seems that only nine of the 44 known species in the UK are likely to threaten our gardens, and that all of them play a vital role in recycling dead plant material and animal waste, and acting as a food source for hedgehogs (see page 19), frogs, birds, beetles and flies. In fact, the RHS’s principal entomologist says that we should consider our slugs and snails not as marauding pests bent on eating our flowers and vegetables, but rather as ‘garden visitors’. 'Our gardens would be duller and messier without them,' said Dr Andrew Salisbury. You can find out more about the Feeding the Future study here: https://www.ceu.ox.ac.uk/research/feeding-the-future-study-feed Andrew Howson, dreamstime.com
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