Soup for one: solo eaters have a lower diet quality
People who eat alone are more likely to have lower diet quality compared to people who enjoy meals in the company of others.
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Fibre could save your life
A comprehensive review of the evidence shows a diet high in fibre is key to reducing your risk of several chronic diseases.
Latest Health News Nutrition & WeightHow to reduce food cravings
Food cravings can derail the best of intentions to eat healthily. Now a scientific review has looked at what causes food cravings and how they can be reduced.
Latest Health News Nutrition & WeightCan a ritual improve self-control?
New research has found that for those who struggle with self-control when it comes to healthy eating habits, performing a simple ritual before a meal can help someone eat less.
Latest Health News Nutrition & WeightDo meal replacements work for weight loss?
How meal replacements fare compared to other ways of losing weight was the subject of a recent systematic review.
Latest Health News Nutrition & WeightFood for the mood
Improving diet may be one step in reducing symptoms for people with depression.
Healthy Eating Latest Health News Nutrition & WeightThe benefits of swapping to wholegrain foods
Lowered energy absorption and a rise in metabolic rate could be two new reasons in favour of making the change to wholegrain.
Latest Health News Nutrition & WeightHigh fat: a hindrance for your children
Can high fat diet in mothers increase risk of offspring obesity and reduce the child’s responsiveness to the beneficial effects of exercise?
Latest Health News Nutrition & WeightNew Year's health resolutions
New Year is a good time to think about making lifestyle changes that will benefit our health: quit smoking, eat a healthy diet, exercise and reduce alcohol intake.
Christmas Fitness Nutrition & WeightMore fruit for less diabetes
A study finds that fresh fruit is a beneficial addition to the diet of people with diabetes.
Latest Health News Nutrition & WeightCan a low-carbohydrate diet help migraine sufferers?
Migraines are a debilitating condition. Now a new study shows some promise that a low-carbohydrate diet could offer some relief.
Latest Health News Nutrition & WeightCan a probiotic supplement help with weight loss?
A review of clinical trials that use probiotics as part of a weight loss program points to them having a small, but significant benefit on weight loss.
Latest Health News Nutrition & WeightWhy does weight go back on?
Research into a drug for type 2 diabetes may inadvertently help to explain that weight regain for people that diet to lose weight is not a simple matter of poor self-control.
Latest Health News Nutrition & WeightIs there a link between dairy food and chronic kidney disease?
Researchers studied a group of older adults to assess whether consumption of dairy products and total calcium intake reduced the incidence of Chronic kidney disease (CDK) over a 10 year period. This is what they found.
Latest Health News Nutrition & WeightDo fruit and vegetables make you happy?
Eating more fruits and vegetables has been linked to substantial increases in people’s level of happiness and now we have the research to to back up this claim.
Latest Health News Nutrition & WeightDark chocolate exercise benefits uncovered
New research has provided insights into how the active compounds in dark chocolate can regulate the mitochondrial powerhouse factories in muscle needed for endurance exercise.
Latest Health News Nutrition & WeightDoes duration of obesity up cancer risk in women?
The association between body fatness and cancer was investigated to see if the duration of being overweight ups cancer risk in women, these are the results.
Latest Health News Nutrition & WeightIs the business diet bad for the heart?
Researchers have looked at the typical dietary patterns that are adopted in the corporate world and found that this style of eating may increase risk of heart disease.
Latest Health News Nutrition & WeightCan a bad diet affect your immune system?
A bad diet is another form of malnutrition and research has now uncovered why obesity and a junk food diet impairs the functions of the immune system.
Latest Health News Nutrition & WeightIs butter bad for you?
Butter has long been on the list of foods to eat less of in order to maintain good heart health, but is butter as much of a health concern as originally thought? New research suggests not.
Latest Health News Nutrition & WeightIs a fasting diet a good long-term weight loss solution?
Intermittent fasting diets have gained a lot of attention, popularised by Dr Michael Mosley’s 5:2 Fast Diet, but is it a good option for long-term weight loss?
Latest Health News Nutrition & WeightIs coffee healthy or harmful?
Coffee is a good example of how conflicting research provides mixed messages. A major review of the results of over 1200 coffee studies sheds light on the healthy versus harmful coffee debate.
Latest Health News Nutrition & WeightSugar and sugar cravings
Our consumption of free sugar has tripled since 1960, with soft drinks, energy drinks, fruit juice and cordial the most significant sources. The World Health Organization recommends free sugars be less than 10% of your total energy intake - that's 6 teaspoons per day for women and 9 teaspoons for men.
Nutrition & WeightIs it healthy to be fat and fit?
Being fit is important for health however carrying too much body fat may undo many of the health benefits brought about by fitness. A study in Sweden has surprising results.
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