The clocks change this weekend, and suddenly there’s no escaping that winter is on its way. Over the next few months it will be darker…
View More Winterproofing: how to get you and your home ready for Britain’s cold months aheadTag: Nutrition
Seaweed was common food in Europe for thousands of years, researchers find
It may be considered an unusual ingredient in western cuisine, cropping up in a fancy cookbook or local delicacy. But it turns out that seaweed…
View More Seaweed was common food in Europe for thousands of years, researchers findScientists find vital missing ingredient for healthy vegan diet – algae
Vitamins for vegans made from algae could soon prove to be the most effective solution to replacing an important nutrient missing from plant-based diets, thanks…
View More Scientists find vital missing ingredient for healthy vegan diet – algaeFast food fever: how ultra-processed meals are unhealthier than you think
For a long time it has been known that diets dominated by ultra-processed food (UPF) are more likely to lead to obesity. But recent research…
View More Fast food fever: how ultra-processed meals are unhealthier than you thinkVegetarian women more likely to fracture hips in later life, study shows
Women who are vegetarian are more likely to experience hip fractures in later life than those who frequently eat meat, a UK study has found.…
View More Vegetarian women more likely to fracture hips in later life, study showsScientists create tomatoes genetically edited to bolster vitamin D levels
Scientists have created genetically edited tomatoes, each containing as much provitamin D3 – the precursor to vitamin D – as two eggs or a tablespoon…
View More Scientists create tomatoes genetically edited to bolster vitamin D levelsMillions of tonnes of dead animals: the growing scandal of fish waste
In February 2022, a Dutch-owned fishing trawler released a silvery stream of 100,000 dead fish, which carpeted several thousand square metres of ocean off the…
View More Millions of tonnes of dead animals: the growing scandal of fish wasteMan’s severe migraines ‘completely eliminated’ on plant-based diet
Health experts are calling for more research into diet and migraines after doctors revealed a patient who had suffered severe and debilitating headaches for more…
View More Man’s severe migraines ‘completely eliminated’ on plant-based dietBurn, baby, burn: the new science of metabolism
As the director of the Energy Metabolism Laboratory at Tufts University, Massachusetts, Susan Roberts has spent much of the past two decades studying ways to…
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