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Fake news! Early menopause brought on by vegan diet

28/05/2019  |   Health

38-year-old Finnish food and lifestyle blogger Virpi Mikkonen claimed her vegan diet brought on early menopause. Like every other article like this, the diet she was eating wasn’t a well-balanced vegan…

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Something better change!

24/04/2019  |   Health

The study published in the International Journal of Epidemiology followed half a million men and women  over five years and found those who kept close to the guidelines (eating on…

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Ham and egg on their faces!

26/03/2019  |   Health

What’s new is the reason some of these chemicals are there may be completely unnecessary. Nitrites are used in the preserving process of meats such as bacon, ham and salami…

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Vegan mums stick with it!

06/03/2019  |   Health

One of the mums in the article describes how she has lost friends over her decision to raise her child vegan, they accused her of denying him any choice. The…

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Why did Sarah Vine fail on a vegan diet?

25/02/2019  |   Health

Writing at length about her four-week vegan experience, Sarah Vine – married to Michael Gove, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs – didn’t hold back in criticising…

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Latest survey reveals the ups and downs in our diets

30/01/2019  |   Health

The latest NDNS report, covering the nine year period from 2008 to 2017, reveals trends in food consumption, nutrient intake and nutritional status for adults and children in the UK.…

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New Diabetes Treatment – starve or thrive?

05/12/2018  |   Health

NHS England has announced a new treatment for type 2 diabetes in the form of a very low-calorie diet (VLCD). Thousands of patients will be prescribed the 800-calories-a-day regimen as…

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Red and processed meat taxes would transform healthcare

07/11/2018  |   Health

The study modelled what the tax on processed and red meat products should be if the health consequences of consuming them were taken into account. They also considered the level…

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March of the vegans

06/11/2018  |   Health

In the same week that Waitrose showed its food magazine editor William Sitwell the door for mocking vegans, they have published a report suggesting that one in eight Britons are…

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