People half-remember Marmite as some kind of wartime energy product, the brown jar that kept factory workers and soldiers going. The reputation is real, but the science is widely misunderstood. Marmite barely contains any calories at all, so it is not an energy source in the way a sugary drink or a flapjack is. What it does carry is a heavy load of B vitamins, which help the body release energy from the food you eat. That distinction is the whole story.
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The Marmite WWII workers' campaign: how a brown jar became part of the war effort
Marmite's Second World War story: the B-vitamin workers' advertising in factory press, the Red Cross parcels to prisoners of war, the desert and jungle field rations, and what the wartime ads actually looked like.
Does Marmite cure baldness? The hair-restorer myth, and the real medicine behind it
A Newcastle urban legend says that rubbing Marmite on a balding head cures hair loss, on account of its folic acid. It does not, and you end up with a sticky pillowcase. But the folic acid is real, and the story behind it, a doctor curing pregnant women in 1930s India with Marmite, is one of the great moments in British medicine.
Does eating Marmite repel mosquitoes? What the science says
A popular bit of holiday wisdom says that eating Marmite, packed with B vitamins, makes your sweat repel mosquitoes. It is one of the most thoroughly tested folk remedies there is, and it has failed every test since 1969. Marmite does many things. Keeping the midges off you is not one of them.
Marmite: A Vegetarian's Friend
While fish is the main dietary supply of the long-chain omega-3s eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid, which have been shown to be essential in supporting brain health, low intake of eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid in vegetarians won't adversely affect mood, based on a new study (Nutr J.
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