Viva! Health unravels the most recent scientific research and makes it easy to understand. Here we update you on the latest findings…
Report pans supplements
The Global Council on Brain Health (GCBH) is an independent collaboration of scientists, doctors, scholars and policy experts from all over the world. Their report, The Real Deal on Brain…
Swine fever – a storm of our own making
Over 1.2 million pigs in China have already been ‘culled’ to try and prevent the disease spreading. In the Chinese year of the pig, it’s predicted that African swine fever…
Hospital patients fed bacon!
Meat cured with chemicals that have been blamed for causing certain types of cancer are on the hospital menus at more than four out of every five NHS trusts, according…
Fake news! Early menopause brought on by vegan diet
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…
Processed foods
- Food
Something better change!
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…
Fat lies and bad science
- Fats
- Obesity and Overweight
Saturated fat is the unhealthy type of fat we don’t need – it raises cholesterol, which increases the risk of heart disease. It’s found in meat pies, sausages, fatty cuts…
