by Christine Morgan | May 29, 2010 | Food and drink
High-calorie foods are a no-no for most riskfactorphobes, but as diet experts are constantly reminding us, drinks contain calories too. And, it appears, lots and lots of calories, especially if they are American milkshakes. Men’s Health magazine (US) has just...
by Christine Morgan | May 28, 2010 | General health
Oh not another sunbeds-give-you-skin-cancer story, I hear you say? Fraid so. Right now, it seems that hardly a month goes by without some study or other claiming the health risks of using these tanning devils (in April, we were told that they were as addictive as...
by Christine Morgan | May 27, 2010 | Food and drink, General health, Wellbeing
I imagine many riskfactorphobes are the type of people who eat organic food by the bucket-load. Yes, there are those who believe there’s too much risk involved in eating anything that’s been even slightly contaminated with pesticides or other nasties, and...
by Christine Morgan | May 26, 2010 | Food and drink, General health
It seems like everything you read about in the health news pages is all about what you shouldn’t do, and how much the things we really like are bad for us. So when something comes along that says go ahead, enjoy yourself – or something along those lines – we...
by Christine Morgan | May 25, 2010 | Food and drink, General health
Yes, I know that by now this is old news (last week’s, actually). But it’s the story that made me start this blog, so it’s worth an honorary mention. It all started when Harvard School of Public Health researchers published a study that claimed...
