by Christine M | Aug 26, 2016 | Food and drink, Genetics
How many do you have a day? One, two, three? More? If you’re not one of those people who can’t function without knocking back numerous cups of coffee, chances are you have a DNA variation in a gene called PDSS2. And there you were thinking it was something...
by Christine M | Aug 5, 2016 | Dental health, Food and drink, General health
Dentists may get positively evangelical about the stuff, but dental floss has had a bad week. You could almost hear the sound of dental products firms’ share prices crashing to the floor, as The US Department for Health and Human Services and Agriculture was...
by Christine Morgan | Mar 15, 2012 | Food and drink, General health, Weightloss
The Public Health Responsibility Deal is a year old today – hip hip hooray. But hold the celebrations, as according to Which?, the initiative hasn’t exactly been a roaring success. The deal, which calls on food companies to display calorie information on their...
by Christine Morgan | Oct 14, 2011 | Food and drink, General health, Weightloss
Okay, so the health secretary Andrew Lansley announced the government’s big plans to tackle obesity yesterday, and already just about everyone with something to say on the subject has put the boot in. So I’m not going to join them. Oh alright then. I will....
by Christine Morgan | Oct 11, 2011 | Fitness, Food and drink, General health, Wellbeing
Well, well. There was me in my little health journalistic bubble thinking that the link between lifestyle and cancer was pretty well known these days. But I was wrong. According to a new study by the British Dental Health Foundation, no less, many of us don’t...
by Christine Morgan | Sep 15, 2011 | Fitness, Food and drink, General health, Weightloss
Well I’ve heard everything now. Chocolate – you know, the devil incarnate in terms of blood sugar, weight gain and indeed dental health (plus others, I dare say) – is not only good for your heart (those studies, I’m afraid, are as common as muck these...