Viva! Health unravels the most recent scientific research and makes it easy to understand. Here we update you on the latest findings…
Wholefood vegan diets far exceed expectations!
Last week, at the Unite to Cure Fourth International Vatican Conference, Professor Walter Willett – professor of epidemiology and nutrition at Harvard Medical School – announced that according to new…
Porky Pies Shocker!
Late last year, AHDB’s ‘Love Pork’ adverts appeared on TV claiming that pork was low in fat. Government health guidelines state that: To be described as low-fat, a food must…
Brexit and pus in milk
When we leave the EU, we may end up swallowing more than we bargained for. A new 500-page report from the Office of the United States Trade Representative sets out…
Rise of the Vegans!
More people than ever before are choosing to enjoy a plant-based lifestyle to help their health, animals and the environment. According to new research from comparethemarket.com, over 3.5 million (seven per…
The state of the nation’s diet…
Public Health England has published new data detailing the state of the nation’s diet. The figures from the latest National Diet and Nutrition Survey were collected from 2014 to 2016. Results…
VIVA! HEALTH ATTENDS THE FIRST PLANT-BASED MEDICAL CONFERENCE IN THE UK
On Friday, 23 March 2018, around 200 health professionals gathered in King’s College Hospital in London to attend Nutrition in Medicine conference, the first of its kind in the UK.…
Food industry told to cut calories
Public Health England are calling on food manufacturers to cut the calories in their products by 20 per cent by 2024. If the target is met, they say, this will prevent…
Bird flu – its origins revealed
- Meat
- The Environment
Bird flu viruses occur naturally in wild water-birds without making them ill and have done so for millions of years. They are passed on in water from one bird to another but are not problematic. But now, these same viruses have been blamed…
Thanks for making more vegans #Februdairy!
The dairy industry are worried about people shunning milk and dairy products so they are trying to convince us that we ‘need’ milk, that cows and calves are perfectly happy…
Do vegans have cleaner kitchens? Yes!
Writing for the BBC news pages, Michael Mosely says “Although most coliform bacteria are not particularly dangerous, they are commonly used as a marker for more general faecal contamination. They…
