Food and Health

Reading Time: < 1 minuteI was shocked and ­surprised to see the headlines this week suggesting that intermittent fasting — specifically a type known as time-restricted…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteAn investigation by a consumer watchdog looked at 14 popular baby foods and compared levels of lead, arsenic and cadmium in seven…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteCatastrophic hunger is so dire in two world hotspots that famine is imminent in northern Gaza and approaching in Haiti, with hundreds of thousands of…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhen I was a child, a stack of sliced white bread took centre stage on our dinner table, an essential accompaniment to…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteWar between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and its former security partners the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) erupted in Sudan’s capital Khartoum…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteMost of the nation’s plastic sandwich baggies contain toxic PFAS “forever chemicals”, an analysis suggests, raising questions about the products’ safety in the…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteMeat is essential for warding off depression and anxiety, a top nutrition expert has revealed, sending a blow to veganism.   Read More

Reading Time: < 1 minuteHeading to the spice rack is the obvious choice for most of us when we want to add a dash of the…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteSimply boiling your tap water can get rid of nearly all of the microplastics in it, a new study has claimed. Read More

Reading Time: < 1 minuteFood provided to asylum seekers by Home Office contractors is of such poor quality that some people are ending up malnourished in…