The Mediterranean diet was voted by a panel of 25 health and nutrition professionals as the best diet for 2020.
- By Paul O'Toole
As our global population is projected to live longer than ever before, it’s important that we find ways of helping people live healthier for longer.
Meat-rich diets are linked to a range of health problems, from heart disease and strokes to type two diabetes and some cancers.
More than two-thirds of Americans take dietary supplements. The vast majority of consumers – 84% – are confident the products are safe and effective.
We are being cheated nutritionally. Food constitutes a six-part gift, but all we're hearing about is one thing. But this skewed perspective, focusing solely on the physiological aspects of food, has become the norm. I call our one-sided, limited view the Dark Ages of nutrition.
Imagine a synthetic product that can give your body all the essential nutrients it needs to survive, is easy to prepare, affordable, and has a low environmental impact.
A natural compound in many vegetables called indole may fight fatty liver disease, researchers report.
For each year that a woman breastfeeds, the risk that she will ever develop breast cancer is reduced by 4.3%, on average.
- By Michael Cole
It is estimated that there is a staggering £300m worth of medicine unused in the UK every year. But is it safe to take these medicines if they are past their expiry date?
We are living on the planet of the chickens. The broiler (meat) chicken now outweighs all wild birds put together by three to one.
In our survey of yogurts, we found that less than 10% were low sugar – almost none of which were children’s yogurts.
While the obesity crisis is still considered the foremost public health epidemic in the west, one often overlooked condition is quickly becoming a growing concern.
Chronic constipation is incredibly common. Around one in four people worldwide report symptoms, while in Australia and New Zealand, it’s around one in seven.
Six out of ten Australians don’t eat enough fibre, and even more don’t get the right combination of fibres.
Silicon Valley’s newest fad is dopamine fasting, or temporarily abstaining from “addictive” activities such as social media, music, internet gaming – even food.
Several governments around the world have adopted taxes on sugary drinks in recent years. The evidence is clear
Vegans avoid animal products. For strict vegans this means avoiding honey because of the exploitation of bees. That seems to imply that vegans should also avoid vegetables like avocados that involve exploiting bees in their production.
American households waste, on average, almost a third of the food they acquire, economists report. This food waste has an estimated aggregate value of $240 billion annually.
When my daughter was around 14 years old, she began to ask if she could have a cup of coffee in the morning like Mom and Dad.
- By Gregor Reid
Probiotics are live microorganisms, usually bacteria, that can be consumed to offer health benefits.
A new approach can help you make the perfect shot of espresso, researchers report.
While edibles may provide a delivery system that provides the intoxicating effects of cannabis while avoiding the risks of smoking, the delayed and variable absorption of cannabis edibles can result in over-consumption and unpredictable results.
The globalization of the food chain has resulted in increased complexity and diminished transparency and trust into how and where our foods are grown, harvested, processed and by whom.