New urine test
really been eating
reveals what you have
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een lying to your doctor
Researchers from Imperial College
its early stages and the scientists now
(and yourself) about what
London, Newcastle University and Aber-
hope to refine the technology by testing
you have been eating? You
ystwyth University have developed the test
it on larger numbers of people outside
won’t be able to get away
that measures the biological markers in
research settings.
with this for much longer
urine created by the breakdown of foods
Evidence suggests people inaccurately
as a new urine test is be-
such as red meat, chicken, fish and fruit
record their own diets and under-report un-
and vegetables.
healthy food while over-reporting fruit and
ing developed that will reveal the truth. It’s not up to revealing three glasses of shiraz,
The five-minute test also reveals
vegetable intake — and that the likelihood
a handful of chips and a plate of nachos
how much fat, sugar, fibre and protein
of inaccuracies in food diaries increases
yet, but it is getting there.
has been consumed. The test is still in
if a person is overweight or obese.
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