March of the vegans
10/01/2017 |
They say the march of the vegans is triggering a radical change to menus at high street chains and in household brand foods. They describe how restaurants are doing more…
Veggie warning: nonsense!
16/11/2016 |
This week, protein supplement company P-fit released the results of their survey of 2,498 vegetarians saying that most of them believed their diet was lacking in – you’ve guessed it…
Childhood obesity rates soaring
04/10/2016 |
However, the widespread warnings don’t seem to translate into action. According to the government’s national diet surveys from recent years, the average intake of saturated fat, sugars and salt in…
Meat Contributes to Obesity As Much As Sugar
11/08/2016 |
The scientists analysed data from 170 countries with regards to differences in lifestyle, physical activity and calorie intake and found that the availability of meat accounted for 13 per cent…
The debate about vegan children…
09/08/2016 |
This week the BBC Good Food website published a story asking if a vegan diet can be healthy for kids and the answer was yes! They said “with the right…
Vegans live longer
03/08/2016 |
The study, published in the JAMA Internal Medicine Journal, followed the diets, health and mortality of over 130,000 people over the course of thirty years. It found that every three…
People with cancer can now expect to live longer – but are we missing the point?
01/08/2016 |
What the headlines are not saying is that more people than ever are being diagnosed with cancer. In the UK, one in every two people born after 1960 will be…
Vitamin D conundrum
21/07/2016 |
As more research shows Brits are not getting enough vitamin D, the government health advisers recommend we up the intake of foods containing this vitamin or take supplements in order…
Butter was never back!
19/07/2016 |
It is widely accepted that replacing saturated fat from meat and dairy foods with polyunsaturated fats from olive oil, nuts, seeds and other plant oils can cut the risk of…
