Food and Health

Reading Time: < 1 minuteLabelling foods such as crisps, chocolate and ice cream as ‘addictive’ could help curb obesity rates, a major review has found.  Read…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteMore than three-quarters of the bestselling dishes sold in high street takeaways, restaurants and coffee chains are unhealthy, as judged by government…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhen it comes to health, you can have too much of a good thing.  Read More

Reading Time: < 1 minuteFeeding children diets high in calories, fat and sugar could damage their blood vessels by the time they are teenagers, experts say. …

Reading Time: < 1 minuteA 13-year-old girl with a severe dairy allergy died after drinking a hot chocolate from Costa Coffee that she believed was made…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteDavid Taim, a civil servant in Port Moresby, the capital of Papua New Guinea, always starts the day in the same way. …

Reading Time: < 1 minuteAdding bacon to your morning breakfast could raise your risk of dementia, experts warn.   Read More

Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn April, at the Ted conference in Vancouver, BC, I watched a woman pull a variety of mushroom powders from her purse,…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteA two-year-old girl fell unconscious and “almost died” after drinking a Slush Puppie at a birthday party, her family have claimed.  Read…

Reading Time: < 1 minutePeople who eat large amounts of ultra processed foods (UPFs), such as processed meat and soft drinks, are considerably more likely to die…