Get your 10-a-day
Eating five portions of fruit and vegetables each day is known to reduce the chance of heart attack, stroke, cancer…
Nutrition
Starvation in hospitals
Nurse Helen Cowan talks about starvation, dehydration and death in hospitals. “Kill by mouth” read a recent headline in the Sun…
Secrets of a Food Doctor
Fasting has become more mainstream in the last three years thanks to books like The Fast Diet. New research suggests…
Valentine’s Day: Dark chocolate is best
When it comes to health-boosting properties, cocoa content is key. Therefore, the darker you eat your chocolate, the better. Bittersweet…
The colourful life of a nutritionist
I lead the colourful life of a nutritionist. I am a living experiment and I definitely practice what I preach. I…
Easing Crohn’s disease with diet
The evidence of diet playing an important factor in the control and relief of Crohn’s disease symptoms is much stronger…
Conference call to weight loss
Conference calling has been used by the business community for great effect for years, but it has also been helping…
Empty alcohol
Alcohol has no nutritional benefit. It is a toxin that contains excess calories and contributes to weight gain without any…
A rough guide to health food supplements
There are dozens of supplements available from health food stores, pharmacies, supermarkets, the Internet and via mail order. All can be…
You are what you eat
A major weakness in all nutrition and diet studies is that we have no true measure of what people eat.…