Food and Health

Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhen Mick Thompson walks around his North Devon farm, it’s the silence that gets to him.   Read More

Reading Time: < 1 minuteAh, sugar—our taste buds can’t get enough of it, but our bodies are better off without it. Read More

Reading Time: < 1 minutePica is an eating disorder characterised by unusual cravings for inedible substances.  Read More

Reading Time: < 1 minuteA shortage of eggs has prompted a safety warning to pregnant women, children and the elderly as British supermarkets scramble to fill their…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe United Nations Children’s Fund has again raised the alarm that Nigeria loses about 100 children per hour due to malnutrition. Read…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteEgg shortages will last beyond Christmas and into the new year, an industry body has warned, amid disruptions in supply caused by bird…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteBritain’s most sugar-laden baby foods and drinks were today named and shamed. Read More

Reading Time: < 1 minuteNiacin, which helps convert food into energy, is a common ingredient in most energy drinks. Read More

Reading Time: < 1 minuteFor thousands of years garlic has been considered one of nature’s health foods. Read More

Reading Time: < 1 minuteHighly-processed foods should be reclassified as drugs because they are as addictive and harmful as cigarettes, scientists argue.  Read More