How over-eating can be an addiction – and eight strategies to stop it
Over-eating is one of the biggest risks to health today and can often be an emotional response to negative thoughts.…
Nutrition
Food Freshness Sensors Could Replace ‘Use-By’ Dates To Cut Food Waste.
Imperial academics have developed low-cost, smartphone-linked, eco-friendly spoilage sensors for meat and fish packaging. The researchers say the new sensors…
Obesity Rising Faster in Rural Areas Than Cities
Obesity is increasing more rapidly in the world's rural areas than in cities, according to a new study of global…
Aluminium in infant formula
We reported previously that some widely-used infant formulas are heavily contaminated with the known neurotoxin, aluminium. Infant formulas are the…
Breaking barriers in eating disorders
Eating disorders are severe mental health issues with a complex array of risk factors specific to each person. We cannot…
Fizz-Free February for a better health
New research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, reveals that a diet low in sugary food and…
Don’t starve yourself for Christmas
Arguably the commonest mistake people make at Christmas is trying to starve themselves before going into the Christmas dinner. Yes,…
Patients should lose weight before bariatric surgery
Lower BMI before bariatric surgery predicts greater post-operative weight loss, a new study from the University of Eastern Finland finds.…
Digestive enzymes and health
There have been a lot of claims pertaining to digestive enzymes recently, that they can do everything from curing depression…
Omega-3 supplements reduce risk of premature birth
Daily omega-3 supplementation reduces the risk of birth before 37 weeks by 11 per cent, and reduces the risk of…