Food & Function issue 9 is now online. The front cover represents work from Ashok K. Tiwari and co-workers from the Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (CSIR) in Hyderabad. 
Their article ‘Influence of antioxidant rich fresh vegetable juices on starch induced postprandial hyperglycemia in rats’ analyses the major chemical components and multiple antioxidant activities present in the fresh juice of eight vegetables and looks at their influence on starch induced postprandial glycemia in rats. They find that high polyphenol content in vegetable juice adversely affects the postprandial antihyperglycemic activity of vegetable juices. To find out more read the full article for free here.
The inside cover highlights the review ‘Natural salicylates: foods, functions and disease prevention’. Regular intakes of Aspirin™ decrease the risk of developing several diseases therefore it is thought that salicylates in foods may similarly benefit health. In this review Garry Duthie and Adrian Wood from the University of Aberdeen in Scotland review the evidence. Read the full article for free here.
