Health in the media
38-year-old Finnish food and lifestyle blogger Virpi Mikkonen claimed her vegan diet brought on early menopause. Like every other article like this, the diet she was eating wasn’t a well...
The study published in the International Journal of Epidemiology followed half a million men and women over five years and found those who kept close to the guidelines (eating on average 76...
What’s new is the reason some of these chemicals are there may be completely unnecessary.
Nitrites are used in the preserving process of meats such as bacon, ham and salami for two apparent reasons – to give it its distinctive pink colour and to lower the risk of food poisoning.
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One of the mums in the article describes how she has lost friends over her decision to raise her child vegan, they accused her of denying him any choice. The way she sees it is that she had no choice when, as a child, she was given meat and fish and told to clear her plate. Toddler staples, such...
Writing at length about her four-week vegan experience, Sarah Vine – married to Michael Gove, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs – didn’t hold back in criticising...
The latest NDNS report, covering the nine year period from 2008 to 2017, reveals trends in food consumption, nutrient intake and nutritional status for adults and children in the UK....
NHS England has announced a new treatment for type 2 diabetes in the form of a very low-calorie diet (VLCD). Thousands of patients will be prescribed the 800-calories-a-day regimen...
The study modelled what the tax on processed and red meat products should be if the health consequences of consuming them were taken into account. They also considered the level of consumption of these meats...
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...