Health in the media
In the same week that Waitrose showed its food magazine editor William Sitwell the door for mocking vegans, they have published a report suggesting that one in eight Britons are now vegetarian or vegan.
The report is based on millions of the supermarket’s transactions in shops and online...
The review published in BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care analysed all previous controlled trials where plant-based diets were used to treat or manage diabetes in adults. The aim of the study was to define the benefits of diet...
The ‘fat is back’ brigade got a roasting in today’s Guardian “Butter nonsense: the rise of the cholesterol deniers”. This lot, not unlike flat earthers and climate change...
Researchers, from University College London, reviewed the dietary habits of 32,908 people in France, Australia, Spain, UK and the US and found similar patterns around the world. They looked at 41 studies published over the last eight years.
They found that compared with typical Western...
Out of 665 samples from England, Wales and Northern Ireland collected by the Food Standards Agency (FSA), 145 contained unspecified meat. The samples came from 487 businesses, including restaurants and supermarkets.
The FSA revealed that 73 of the contaminated samples came from retailers...
Here we go again – the headlines are full of it today:
Low carb diets that swap bread, pasta and potatoes for meat, fish, eggs and cheese are a well-known method that some people use to try and lose weight. Popular versions include the Atkins plan and the Paleo ...
The Meat Advisory Panel (MAP), a group of doctors, surgeons and nutritionists, will be central to the campaign. These ‘experts’ reject the well-known and established links between meat...
Products that are being recalled include frozen sweetcorn, peas, beans and spinach and UK supermarkets including Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Lidl, Aldi, Waitrose and Iceland are all affected. The full list can be seen...
New research from the European Heart Journal says that high blood pressure in middle age increases the risk of dementia later in life.
They found that a reading of 130 or...