Supplementary benefits?
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Vitamin D is often seen as a harmless supplement to take – the more the better. But the evidence suggests a different picture.
Low food miles: a farmers market in Pennsylvania.
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Food is a big part of everyone’s carbon footprint – about the same as electricity use. How can our diet make farming more planet-friendly?
Anthocyanins, which provide the red, blue and purple pigments, may help protect against cognitive decline.
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As well as being a favourite seasonal fruit, a bioactive compound found in cherries is showing promising effects for brain health.
Listen to your gut – dark chocolate is rich in polyphenols.
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Science suggests that diets tailored to your own gut work better than those based on the glycaemic index.
Time for a tax?
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Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver’s campaign to introduce a sugar tax on fizzy drinks and snacks has been gaining momentum. Oliver has a history of trying to persuade the British public to eat more healthily…
More of these for personal and planetary health.
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Environmental sustainability will not figure into this year’s Dietary Guidelines for Americans, but the process helped build evidence – and consumer support – for inclusion in future DGAs.
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Mixed martial arts athletes are risking serious injury and death through crash dieting, a new report warns.
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Drinking olive oil might not sound appetising but there is strong evidence it has greater health benefits than low-fat diets.
Moderate intakes of red meat and alcohol can prevent a cancer diagnosis.
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Nearly 40,000 cancers diagnosed in Australia can be prevented if people avoid known risk factors for the disease, according to research published today.
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New research claims banning trans fats could save thousands of lives. The reality is we’ve already moved on.
Not quite true.
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Severe allergies are on the rise – could our diet be to blame?
See your doctor if you suffer from gastrointestinal symptoms, particularly if you’ve had them for weeks or months.
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Conditions affecting the stomach and bowels are common in modern humans and many are on the rise.
Worldwide, the livestock industry is a bigger source of greenhouse gases than transport.
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The recent Lancet Commission report rightly pointed out that climate change is a huge risk to global public health. But it shied away from one of the main issues: the world consumes far too much meat.
New goals.
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Scientists have developed an online “brain training” game designed to make you associate unhealthy foods with saying no.
Paleo-no diet for me but burger diet not too good either.
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Our bodies are more adapted to modern living than some diets make out.
Food pep talk.
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Researchers used pepperoni pizza to find out whether more choice in the Western diet could affect how much food we think we should be eating.
Making sense of it.
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Apps can help us make sense of all the health messages out there.
Reading the label might not help.
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The supplements industry is big business but do you know what’s really in the packet?
Sales of protein-based health products are booming.
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Protein-based health products have been criticised for inappropriate marketing but are they even worth the money?
Do warehouse stories contribute to the obesity epidemic?
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How people respond to changing economic incentives appears to explain a lot of the upward trend in weight.