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Charity warns against 'unhealthy' takeaways
Many Britons eat at least one takeaway meal every week, but a UK charity has warned that many of these dishes are unhealthy.
According to recent research, some takeaways can contain an entire daily allowance of fat and salt, which can
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Orange juice may increase diabetes risk
Orange juice can send a 'spike' of sugar levels through the body which can cause type-2 diabetes in some people, scientists have claimed.
Researchers at Harvard Medical School believe that just one glass of orange juice could significantly
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Mother's diet affects flavour of breast milk
The food a nursing mother eats during the hour before feeding can affect the flavour of her breast milk, new research has found.
Scientists at the University of Copenhagen found that if a mother eats a banana an hour or less before
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Bottled water 'tastes like tap'
Half of British people do not notice any difference in quality or taste between bottled and tap water, a new poll has found.
Consumer watchdog Which? polled 3,039 people and found that half of the people could not tell any difference
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Cheese may form part of balanced, healthy diet
Cheese does have a role to play in a balanced, healthy diet despite the news that one council in England is removing it from school dinner menus.
Plymouth City Council has banned youngsters from using cheese as a topping for baked potatoes
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Scottish researchers to study dieting
Scientists at the University of Aberdeen are starting a new study to investigate the mechanisms that control hunger when people are on a diet.
A team at the university's Rowett Institute of Nutrition and Health is recruiting men for a
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Artichoke may lower cholesterol
Scientists have found that people with moderately high cholesterol may benefit from complementing a healthy diet with artichoke leaf extract (ALE).
Extracts from the globe artichoke plant were found to lower cholesterol in people with
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Fall in daily salt consumption
The UK's average daily salt consumption has started to fall, according to new research from the Food Standards Agency (FSA).
The agency's latest study suggests that the average daily salt intake has fallen from 9.5g in 2000 to
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Desire for bikini body 'can lead to crash dieting'
Women may be tempted to crash diet in a bid to look good in a bikini, one of the presenters of Channel 4's 'Cook Yourself Thin' programme has claimed.
According to Harry Eastwood, people often panic if they cannot fit into their bikini and
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Cancer patient attributes improved health to broccoli juice
A pensioner who was diagnosed with bladder cancer five years ago believes that the disease has been halted by his daily glass of broccoli juice.
Ray Wiseman, 79, drinks a half-tumbler containing a head of broccoli, apples and carrots every
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Pregnancy is 'perfect time' to improve diet
An expert has claimed that pregnancy provides a good opportunity to make dietary changes after new research found that an unhealthy diet can have a long-lasting effect on an unborn child's health.
A study on rats by the Royal Veterinary
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Taste buds can be deceived by personal values
Meat eaters may think that they prefer beef to veggie burgers because of the taste, but new research suggests that the reason is likely to be more to do with values than actual taste.
Scientists at the Universities of Sydney and Nashville
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