Food and Health

Reading Time: < 1 minuteBiscuits before bed may be off the menu. For a quarter of people are undoing the benefits of healthy meals by snacking…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteI have been an NHS doctor for over a decade and, like millions of other doctors across the globe, I find myself…

Reading Time: < 1 minutePrescribing people £50 worth of fruit and vegetables per month could cut their risk of heart attacks and strokes, research suggests.  Read…

Reading Time: < 1 minutePopular children’s juice drinks are being urgently recalled because their straws may be contaminated with metal. Read More

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThey’re thought to make us fat, give us type 2 diabetes and even raise our risk of cancer. Read More

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThere’s an endless number of apps that claim to help with weight loss. Read More

Reading Time: < 1 minuteIt’s no secret that chips and frozen pizza are packed with long lists of hard-to-pronounce ingredients, but some seemingly healthy foods may…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteFrom ready meals and pizzas to flavoured yoghurts and cereal — most kitchens are full of ultra-processed foods.   Read More

Reading Time: < 1 minuteSweets likely to be on millions of children’s Christmas wish lists can contain banned ingredients that could even raise the risk of cancer,…

Reading Time: < 1 minutePlant-based alternative meat products are often highly processed and have too much salt, the UN has said while still urging governments to consider…