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Obesity and Diabetes - are not the only consequences of unhealthy eating

Fast, (or junk), food is very popular, with young children, and adolescents. Frequent consumption of this type of food, is associated with negative impacts, on ...

Dehydration: a fast route to short life

Water is a major and vital constituent of the human body. The average adult’s body is about 60% water, whilst an infant’s is 75% and an elderly person’s 55%. Ev...

Your health – what you eat

It is indisputable that what we eat is critical to our state of health. Nutrients provide the body with the raw materials and instructions on how to function. I...

The role of dietary vitamins and microelements.

Vitamins, dietary minerals and trace elements are essential to the healthy function of the human body. Vitamins are organic compounds that are vital to, but, no...

Sugar or Honey?

Granulated Sugar, which is the most common type of sugar, used for sweetening our cups of tea and coffee, consists of a mixture, 50 percent glucose and 50 perce...

Are there dietary supplement side effects?

Dietary supplements have risks and side effects, in the same way that medicines do. Many supplements contain active ingredients that have strong biological effe...

Sweet drinks lead to soured health

Sweet-tasting “soft” drinks are any beverage to which sugar or other low calorie sweeteners have been added. These include: • Sodas • Colas • Fruit punch • Lemo...

Microwaving - a myth or real danger for our diet?

Microwave ovens are used daily, in restaurants, cafeterias, snack bars, and almost every household. This is despite the fact, that the full effect of microwaves...

Diet drinks on how to gain more weight

Logic would assume that consuming fewer calories would result in weight loss. However, in the case of artificial sweeteners, the paradox is true, it has been sh...

Smoked food: how is it made and how can it cause cancer?

The smoking process for meat, fish and cheese has been used for centuries in some countries. Its original purpose was for preservation, brought about by drying ...

Heating plastics - eating plastics?

Since plastics were first produced in the early 1900s, they have become ubiquitous in our daily lives. The term “plastic” covers an array of organic, and inorga...

Fluoride supplementation: more harm than help

Fluoride is a mineral, and when present at the right level, it has long been believed to have two beneficial effects: preventing tooth decay and contributing to...

Plastics: a modern life poison

Plastic materials pervade every area of modern life. It is estimated that during the first ten years of this century, almost as much plastic was manufactured as...

Wholemeal vs non-wholemeal bread

Typically about 50% of calorific intake of the Western diet is from carbohydrates. Wholegrains and dietary fibre are healthy sources of carbohydrate that also c...

Introduction to dietary supplements: the good, the bad and the ugly

There are two common misconceptions about dietary supplements: firstly that the more the better, and secondly that they can be taken to make up for a poor diet....

The number of people that are overweight or obese continues to increase, resulting in poorer physical and mental health and potentially earlier death

The link between good nutrition and healthy weight, reduced chronic disease risk, and overall mental and physical health is too important to ignore. By taking s...

Organic food: not much different on nutrition and safety but still better?

The general perception that organically produced foods provide a more nutritious, safer and healthier option is not necessarily the case. Scientific studies hav...

Chubby Children 1

There is no doubt that the number of overweight and obese children is increasing dramatically; (e.g. in the UK school year 2016/2017 more than a 1 in 3 year 6 p...

Heavy Handicaps

I, (as most in my field) am always banging on (and no doubt always will!) about the health disadvantages of being over- weight so today am going to highlight so...

Choose Life

Contrary to what many people believe very few cancers are hereditary. According to the World Health Organization 85% of adult cancers are avoidable and approxim...