SUPERFOODS? The very word puts you in mind of marketing spivs conning gullible shoppers – but could kale, quinoa and goji berries actually provide extra portions of health-giving goodness in a standard British diet?

The answer, as always, is possibly.

Last week, a Newcastle University study for ITN suggested that the blueberry hype may be justified – five women showed improved antioxidant protection after eating two bowls of the North American fruit every day for eight weeks.

With the price of blueberries nudging £10 per kilo in Tesco yesterday, the fruit becomes an expensive daily essential for a family of four. And steady as you go, advises Nottingham-based nutrition coach Susan Hart. Eating too much of one food goes against one of the cornerstones of good diet – variety.

"Almost every week, something gets described as a 'superfood' and the latest thing is bee pollen," she said.

"It can be confusing for the shopper, so the first thing I would advise is to go with a shopping list, which saves you money, and then to concentrate on variety and colour.

"Do that and you will automatically pick up 'superfoods' – which is a made-up word designed to sell different things.

"Often the best foods are brightly coloured, so look at purple blueberries, or blackberries now they are in season. Look out for raspberries and peppers and beetroot, which is very good for blood pressure.

"All of these have a high nutritional content with specific vitamins and minerals."

A superfood is reckoned to have health-promoting and/or disease-resistant properties. But although beloved in media and food marketing circles, the term is rarely used by white-coated dieticians and never by nutrition scientists.

It's not just fruit and vegetables that achieve superfood status. Never mind arborio rice, bulgar wheat and couscous, the grain of the moment is quinoa – a staple in its high-altitude South American homeland and, thanks to a University of Nottingham student, now a low-altitude British crop.

Quinoa – pronounced "keen-wah" – has been developed for the European market by Stephen Jones while studying for his PhD in crop sciences at the university's school of biosciences at Sutton Bonington.

He has established the British Quinoa Company, which grows the grain on his family's farm in Shropshire and holds the exclusive UK rights to grow the only quinoa varieties bred for the European climate.

The initiative was featured on last Sunday's edition of the BBC TV rural affairs show Countryfile.

Stephen said: "Countryfile has been a fantastic way for us to raise the profile of this new British grain and we hope to have a large increase in our production area over the next few years to satisfy a rapidly growing market."

It is grown not because of its flavour but because of its nutritional properties.

Susan Hart welcomed its growing popularity. "I love quinoa," she said. "It's low in fat and cholesterol and because it is high in protein, it's perfect if you don't eat meat. I tend to flavour the water it is cooked in – adding a stock cube gives it something extra. I'd eat it cool in a salad."

And bee pollen? According to its champions, it does everything from extend life and prevent infectious diseases to regulate the intestines and protect against radiation.

Fans like Victoria Beckham will pay about £44 a kilo for a product that sprinkles well on your organic muesli with whole almonds, sunflower seeds, goji berries and added oat bran.

But what Susan Hart describes as the ultimate superfood will never be ranked by marketing spivs alongside blueberries and bee pollen because, although it contains no calories, deters excessive eating and is brilliant for the skin... it costs next to nothing and will never command a hype premium.

It's called tap water.

Are you a superfood consumer or do you resist the marketing hype? Share your experiences on nottinghampost.com

For more about Susan Hart visit www.nutrition-coach.co.uk.

Your newborn baby's birth time brings lots of fun and happiness as you talk with your baby, and sometimes you sing and play to give the little member the enjoyment to make her calm.  The bath time of your baby sketches many special moments that make your bonding with your baby stronger. If a couple enjoy their baby's birth, they communicate more freely with the baby. But, above all, your baby needs cleaning with your softness, so you need special care while going for the baby's bath.

Prepare everything for bathing a baby:

Once your baby in the bathtub, you cannot let her alone, so that you should prepare every essential, your baby needs. Such as:

•  A tub, warm water (ensure that it is not too hot for your baby, check it with your elbow or wrist), mild baby soap and shampoo and cotton balls for cleaning your baby's eyes and ears.
• A wash cloth or soft sponge.
• Towels.

After the bath, you need baby lotion, comb and clean cloth, to make your baby ready for the day. It sometimes bothers you how many times in a week your baby needs bathing, especially if it is a first baby. Experts say that everyday bathing can dry out your baby's skin so that three times a week can be good enough for your baby. 

Tips for your baby's bath:

Initially, it is tough to handle your baby in water, as you are scared for the slip; as the time passes, you get used to. Still, you need to give support your baby's head and neck when she is enjoying her bath.  Babies are different in nature, so that while some babies like bathing and enjoy it, some are not, so according to that, you can prepare to bathe your baby.

Newborn bath:

For the newborn, you can go for the sponge bath to keep the umbilical cord dry and need carry on it until it falls off. It takes time at least the first 3 weeks of her life and then you can allow your baby in the water.  Sometimes babies become used to the sponge bath; in that case you can continue it till your baby is ready for the normal bath. For the sponge bath, you can use basin, plastic bathing tub or skin.  Over the time, your baby also likes bathing in water and you too can clean your baby properly with great care.

Some safety tips while bathing your baby:

• Ensure that the warm water that is prepared for your baby's bath is suitable enough for your baby. You need to check its temperature before your baby's bath.
• Do not let your baby alone, if you have urgent work, then towel your baby and take her with you.
• Give extra care to the soft spots of your baby and cleaning eyes and ear. Use cotton balls to clean those areas.
•  If your baby's skin becomes dry, you can use mild moisture and massage it gently on your baby's skin.

Fire crews used ropes to rescue a man who was marooned on scaffolding in Cross Lane, East Bridgford.

The man was taken to hospital following the incident which happened at around 8.37am on Saturday August 30.

A fire engine from Carlton fire station, three specialist rescue units, and a police officer attended the scene.

The crews left the incident at 9.50am, around 15 minutes after the man was taken away in an ambulance.

NOTTINGHAM Forest will be hoping to continue their strong start to the season against Sheffield Wednesday at Hillsborough in the Championship early kick off at 12.15pm.

Meanwhile, the Stags will be in League 2 action against Burton. Catch all the latest from the games involving our clubs in our liveblog:

The award-winning This Is England TV series will have at least one extra cast member when it begins filming next month, after a Shane Meadows fan shelled out £2,600 to bag the role. 

More than 50 bidders battled it out on auction site ebay in an attempt scoop the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

The Nottingham filmmaker auctioned the place in the upcoming series, entitled This is England '90, to raise money for Teenage Cancer Trust.

As the auction closed on Friday August 29 just after 10pm 51 bidders had taken a punt on the prize.

Teenage Cancer Trust. raises money to build specialist cancer units designed for the needs of young adults.

A unit is already in place at the City Hospital and work on another at the Queen's Medical Centre began earlier this year.

Meadows said he learnt about the charity through actress Vicky McClure.

This is England '90, continues the story of the prior two series set in 1986 and 1988.

Meadows has said This is England '90 could shape up to be the best so far.

HENRI Lansbury's second goal in two games was enough to keep Nottingham Forest's Championship charge on course – but they also required bags of character to hold out for a 1-0 success at Sheffield Wednesday.

Stuart Pearce's side remain top of the table after extending their unbeaten run to seven games, courtesy of that first half header from Lansbury – who nodded home a cross from ex-Wednesday man Michail Antonio.

But this was a typically hard fought game at Hillsborough, against an Owls side who had also started the day unbeaten. For the second season running, it was Forest who run out narrow winners in this corner of south Yorkshire, with the Reds now unbeaten in their last eight meetings with the Owls.

Manager Pearce had predicted Forest would face a battle against Wednesday – and that is exactly what they got, with keeper Karl Darlow having to make an outstanding save to deny Atdhe Nuhiu deep in injury time.

Forest made four changes to the starting XI against Huddersfield, when their 2-0 win took them into the third round of the Capital One Cup – and a tie at Premier League Tottenham.

Chris Cohen and Andy Reid, who were both rested in midweek, made their return to the side, as Forest returned to Yorkshire. While Jack Hobbs returned from his ankle injury to play alongside Michael Mancienne in the heart of defence, Chris Burke reclaimed his place in midfield and Britt Assombalonga, Forest's top scorer in the Championship, was fielded as a lone striker.

Lansbury was handed his first Championship start of the campaign, after coming through the tie at Huddersfield unscathed, while injury doubts Eric Lichaj and  Antonio, were both passed fit to play at Hillsborough.

Forest looked as though they had started brightly, but it was Wednesday who suddenly found their attacking threat, with Mancienne having to produce an outstanding challenge to deny Stevie May, after Liam Palmer had burst clear down the right. Had May got his foot to the ball, he would certainly have scored, but the former Hamburg defender showed good strength to hold him off.

Tom Lees then found space in the box for a shot but fired an angled effort straight at Darlow, who got down quickly to make an easier save than he might have expected.

Assombalonga caused a brief moment of panic in the Owls defence when he managed to turn his marker, but Kieran Westwood was quick off his line to smother before the striker could get a shot away. The former Peterborough man was full of confidence and forced a better save from the keeper after escaping the attentions of two defenders and firing in a low shot.

Jose Semedo picked up the first caution of the game after flying in late on Reid, who was left in a pained heap.

Jacques Maghoma tested the reactions of Darlow with a low strike that the keeper could only parry, with Hobbs chasing back to clear the loose ball, right in front of goal.

Assombalonga was still looking lively for the visitors, however, with the Congo born player seeing another shot charged down. Hobbs soon had to be at his best at the other end, however, after giant front man Atdhe Nuhiu had outfought Mancienne to cut into the box, with Hobbs snatching the ball off his toes just as he shaped to shoot.

Antonio was booked for a late tackle on the far side and, in the space of five minutes, Wednesday skipper Gleen Loovens and fellow defender Joe Mattock joined him in the book, following niggling fouls.

Antonio, who joined Forest from Wednesday for £1.5m earlier in the summer, was always likely to have an impact on the game and he did so in the 37^th minute, as he laid on the opening goal.

The winger's delivery from wide on the left was hit with precision, as he cut back onto his right foot to pick out the run of Lansbury who, coming from deep, arrived with perfect timing to flick a header beyond the reach of Kieron Westwood.

Following some determined battling from Hunt, Burke picked up possession on the right and lifted a cross towards the far post, where Antonio was arriving, but Westwood plucked the ball out of the air before the winger could connect.

It was Wednesday who made the early running after the break, but without being able to forge a clear cut change. While Forest still looked dangerous on the break.

Antonio got himself into a dangerous position when he beat Palmer for pace but, just as the Forest winger looked to angle into the box, he was brought down from behind, with Palmer becoming the fourth Owls player to be cautioned.

May threatened twice in the space of a minute, firstly when he looked to have been in an offside position, but fortunately, for Forest, shot wide and then, after collecting the ball on the edge of the box and striking a shot that Darlow did well to push away.

Forest survived a short spell of pressure on their goal, which culminated in a huge goal mouth melee, after Darlow had failed to make proper contact with a punch, with Hobbs in particular making a vital block.

Lichaj forced a smart save from Westwood with a driven, low shot from the edge of the box – and the visitors will have desperately wanted a second goal to take the pressure off.

Wednesday were beginning to build a little momentum, with Forest responding by bringing on Robert Tesche for Lansbury, who had done well to play so many minutes in the space of two games, on his return from a knee injury. Pearce then had to bring Jamaal Lascelles on, with Hobbs looking to have collected a slight knock.

Former Wednesday loan signing Matty Fryatt came on to replace Antonio for the final 11 minutes and the striker looked to have made the breakthrough when he turned on the edge of the box – but he had used a hand in the process.

A free kick from Reid, following a foul on Lichaj, carved out a late chance for the Reds, with Assombalonga attacking his cross at the far post, only to lift his header over the bar.

But it was Forest's goal that was leading a charmed life in the final stages, with Darlow having to make an outstanding save to deny Nuhiu, as the visitors held out under a barrage of Wednesday pressure.

Hold out they did, however, as they registered another ground out win against the Owls.

Wednesday: Westwood, Mattock (Hope 85), Loovens, Semedo (Madine 64), May, Palmer, Nuhiu, Maguire (Helan 79), Coke, Lees, Maghoma. Subs: Kirkland, McCabe, Zayatte, Corry.

Forest: Darlow, Hunt, Mancienne, Hobbs (Lascelles 73), Lichaj, Cohen, Burke, Reid, Antonio (Fryatt 79), Lansbury (Tesche 68), Assombalonga. Subs: de Vries, Fryatt, Fox, Veldwijk, Osborn.

Referee: Graham Salisbury

MANSFIELD Town fell to their first home defeat of the season, as they lost 2-1 to Burton Albion.

Although Stags created most of the chances in the first half, they found themselves behind at the break through a deflected strike from Alex MacDonald.

Callum McFadzean made it 2-0 in the second half, but though Matt Rhead reduced the deficit and Albion went down to ten men when Robbie Weir was sent off, Mansfield were beaten for the second successive weekend.

Boss Paul Cox made five changes for the visit of the Brewers, with on loan Nottingham Forest keeper Dimitar Evtimov replacing Sascha Studer for his competitive debut.

Martin Riley stepped in for John Dempster at the back, while Adam Murray made his first start since the opening day and Sam Clucas was back in the first XI after Cox ended Chesterfield's interest in the winger.

Simon Heslop and Chris Clements dropped to the bench to make way for the duo, and Alex Fisher was also among the substitutes as Ollie Palmer partnered Rhead up front.

It was a solid start by Stags, with Evtimov enjoying a relatively quiet opening 30 minutes and Clucas causing problems at the other end of the pitch.

The Mansfield winger worked an early shooting opportunity but fired well over the bar, then suffered the same fate midway through the half when latching on to a superb pass from Murray.

Clucas' best opening though, came just before the half hour mark. A brilliant run towards goal saw him weave through the visiting defence, but, pushed wide and under pressure, his shot was off target and his shouts for a corner fell on deaf ears.

Clucas looked the most lively, but the hosts had others in the team who also tried to apply the pressure.

Burton keeper Jon McLaughlin was forced to clear off the foot of Rhead after initially failing to deal with a Murray corner, while Palmer had a decent chance following a through-ball from his strike partner.

The front man did all the hard work when he powered into the box, but his effort was blocked by Ian Sharps and the scoreline remained goal-less.

Chances had been few and far between for Burton.

Stuart Beavon's shot on the turn from inside the area was blocked, and though John Mousinho did get the ball in the net on 20 minutes, the offside flag went up against Beavon.

Good work by the ever-reliant Ryan Tafazolli and Martin Riley continued to keep the visitors at bay, with a wayward strike from MacDonald as much as Albion could muster.

They began to find their feet in the closing five minutes though, and Adam McGurk fired a warning shot when he went within a whisker from 25 yards.

Mansfield had barely time to catch their breath before MacDonald made it 1-0 on 42 minutes.

The midfielder applied the finishing touch to a nice passing move, though his effort took two deflections on the way to beating Evtimov.

The home side couldn't quite rediscover their momentum after the break and the Brewers did much of the early running, although Rob Taylor went close from just outside the area.

And Stags began to grown more into the game as the second period wore on, testing Albion with a couple of corners before Rhead headed over from Murray's free-kick.

Clucas again, was also in the thick of the action and could have equalised just past the hour. Shadowed by a Burton defender, he made his way into the box but caught the ball wrong and stabbed it wide.

Their task was made all the harder with 20 minutes to go as Callum McFadzean made it 2-0 to Albion.

The move was started and finished by the goalscorer when he slotted in a loose ball after Tafazolli tried to clear.

Stags nevertheless, refused to give up and McLaughlin saved from Clucas with his feet, before Rhead pulled a goal back with 15 minutes to go, nodding home Murray's ball in.

MacDonald could have killed the game off for Burton when he struck the crossbar from 30 yards out.

But the visitors were left to play out the final ten minutes with ten men when Robbie Weir was red carded for appearing to lead in on McGuire with his head.

It looked like further dismissals would follow when there was an altercation between Riley and Phil Edwards with seconds remaining, but referee Darren Drysdale took no action and blew the final whistle.

MANSFIELD: Evtimov, Riley, Sutton, Tafazolli, Beevers (Heslop 90), McGuire, Murray, Taylor (Bell 77), Clucas, Rhead, Palmer (Fisher 63). Subs not used: Studer, Marsden, Thomas, Clements.

BURTON: McLaughlin; Edwards, Sharps, Cansdell-Sherriff, Taft, McFadzean (Bell 90), Mousinho, Weir, MacDonald, Beavon (Harness 77), McGurk. Subs not used: Blyth, Lyness, Knowles, Palmer, Slade.

ATTENDANCE: 2,966 (508 away).

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AMATEUR photographers are being invited to take pictures of Nottingham's heritage sites for a competition.

Organised by Nottingham City Council, the competition coincides Heritage Open Days, which on September 13 and 14.

The winning photograph will receive £200 and two runners-up will receive £50 each.

The closing date for the competition is September 30. Entries should be submitted to Nottingham City Council by email to europics@nottinghamcity.gov.uk

For more details of the competition, visit nottinghamcity.gov.uk/hod

Councillor Dave Trimble, portfolio holder for sport and leisure, said: "I encourage anyone with a camera to get clicking and send in your photos so we can build up a body of work."

NOTTINGHAM City Council is launching a campaign to ensure every parent knows that children up to the age of seven can get a free school meal.

New Government legislation means that, from the start of the new term, children from Reception to Year Two can have free lunches.

The council has arranged for "Veggie Crew" characters – dressed in vegetable super hero-style costumes – to visit schools to let parents and children know about the scheme.

Councillor Nicola Heaton, the council's portfolio holder for community services, said: "We are working hard to ensure parents are aware of the free meals scheme and take advantage of the offer. Ultimately what's really important is that children have a healthy meal and are ready to learn."

YOUNGSTERS from some of Nottingham's most disadvantaged areas visited a former Olympic venue to try out new and unusual sports.

The group of 12 to 25-year-olds took part in activities ranging from football and BMXing to zorbing, and parkour at the Copper Box Arena in London. The 7,000-seat venue was used during London 2012 to host events including handball and the modern pentathlon.

Sports charity StreetGames took more than 40 children from a project run by housing association Metropolitan.

Heather Coates, from Metropolitan, said: "It was interesting to see that on the coach journey there our young people were mainly interested in playing football and traditional sports. But as soon as they arrived and saw the range of unusual sports, they wanted to try everything."

PUPPETS, pop-up sets and original music will keep little ones entertained at Nottingham's Djanogly Theatre.

The Magic Porridge Pot & Other Tasty Tales will be staged by the Theatre of Widdershins, a children's theatre company, on Sunday, September 28, at 1pm and 3.30pm.

It is suitable for the over threes. All tickets are £7.