Keep calm and carry on with nutrition
'Keep calm and carry on' is a British mantra and nutrition has its own part to play. If you are…
nutrition
Folic acid in white flour?
We have made headway so that most people know that you need folate (also called folic acid) in your diet,…
Don’t ignore iodine
Iodine deficiency has long been overlooked as a public health problem, but people need to start taking this issue more…
Get your 10-a-day
Eating five portions of fruit and vegetables each day is known to reduce the chance of heart attack, stroke, cancer…
Secrets of a Food Doctor
Fasting has become more mainstream in the last three years thanks to books like The Fast Diet. New research suggests…
Valentine’s Day: Dark chocolate is best
When it comes to health-boosting properties, cocoa content is key. Therefore, the darker you eat your chocolate, the better. Bittersweet…
Easing Crohn’s disease with diet
The evidence of diet playing an important factor in the control and relief of Crohn’s disease symptoms is much stronger…
Empty alcohol
Alcohol has no nutritional benefit. It is a toxin that contains excess calories and contributes to weight gain without any…
WHY Sugar is as Bad as Alcohol
https://youtu.be/f_4Q9Iv7_Ao This video shows how Sugar leads to the same problems as Alcohol by examining the Biochemistry.
You are what you eat
A major weakness in all nutrition and diet studies is that we have no true measure of what people eat.…
More good reasons for the Sugar Tax
Last month, the UK government published draft legislation for a tax on sugar-sweetened drinks, which is set to begin from…
EU sugar quotas and the obesity problem
The EU sugar market has long been regulated by quotas which imposed limits on production of beet sugar. However, since…