Viva! Health unravels the most recent scientific research and makes it easy to understand. Here we update you on the latest findings…
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Mood Food
- Brain
- Dementia & Alzheimer's
- Mental Health & Cognitive Function
Information comes belting at us from across the world and it’s impossible to keep up, to know everything you feel you should. Our diet has changed, too – becoming more…
Nanny State
- Dairy
“It’s a goat’s life! Waited on hand and foot, with ‘room service’ delivering the perfect menu of food. In these pampered conditions… our goats enjoy all of life’s home comforts…”…
Turkey Twizzlers
- Eggs
- Fats
- Meat
The Royal College of Physicians’ report on diet and heart disease in 1976 encouraged us to eat white meat in place of red on the grounds that it contains less…
Why fish oils are not the best choice
- Fish
Like a record stuck in a groove – the advice just keeps on repeating itself. Eat more fish to be healthy, to make your brain grow, to turn you into…
Message in a bottle
- Dairy
We are a nation of milk drinkers and most infants, children, adults and old people consume large quantities. It is used to produce cheese, butter and yoghurt and is made into…
Old age shouldn’t mean ill heath! Simple lifestyle changes can improve your chances of a long and healthy life, as nutritionist Amanda Woodvine explains as she shows you how to…
The number of people who make it past the 100-years-old mark (centenarians) is increasing. As you would expect, numerous researchers have been working on them to see what they have…
Obesity is spiralling out of control and spreading across the globe.
- Obesity and Overweight
Viva! nutritionist Amanda Woodvine explains why in her Globesity report and outlines what you can do to lose weight perfectly, painlessly and permanently. It’s a huge problem, it’s growing rapidly…
Why the world just keeps on getting fatter…
- Diets
- Fats
- Sweets & Salt & Junk Food
Obesity is now the most important nutritional disease in the Western world. And in even the poorest countries it is increasing at an alarming rate. For the first time in…
Confusion about caffeinated drinks is rife!
- Diets
- Sweets & Salt & Junk Food
Veronika Powell shuns the sensationalism and charts a path through the caffeine labyrinth. Caffeine is the most widely consumed pharmacologically active (drug-like) substance in the world. Found naturally in over…