Is gluten really the enemy?
Wheat has become somewhat of an anti-food recently with many people following gluten-free diets believing that wheat causes them poor health. Gluten, a protein in […]
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Saturated fat and heart disease
Over recent years, there’s been a lot of debate regarding saturated fats and whether they really increase the risk of heart disease. Many well-known figures […]
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2017 Most Googled Diets
So here we are saying goodbye to another year! 2018 beckons and many of us will start the new year with new goals, a new […]
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2015 Most Googled Diets–Were they worth the effort?
It’s nearly Hogmanay and you maybe thinking about New year resolutions, don’t they always involve losing weight? Or getting fit? Or both? So this month’s […]
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Google trends of 2017
Deciphering which foods we were most interested in during 2017 was tricky, given the fruit-based lyrics of Drake appearing in different formations! But I think […]
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Is chocolate good for you?
A new observational study published in the eminent journal, Heart, suggests that eating up to 100g every day is linked to a lowered risk of […]
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Flavonoids may help fight weight gain
A new observational study published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) suggests that if you increase your intake of foods high in flavonoids, you can […]
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Is chocolate really healthy?
As Easter is now just around the corner, an occasion often associated with chocolate, it seems only appropriate to look at the health benefit claims […]
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Sitting the new smoking
We’ve seen in the news recently how prolonged sitting is bad for our health. We’ve even seen how it’s been dubbed as “the new smoking”, […]
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Swapping brands may lead to over-eating
A collaboration between Liverpool and Bristol University found that people who swap and change their brands are more likely to over-consume than those who stick […]
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