Viva! Health unravels the most recent scientific research and makes it easy to understand. Here we update you on the latest findings…
Vegans, hair and iron
An ‘expert’ has warned that vegan men could lose their hair faster than meat-eaters because of the supposed lack of iron in their diets. This person is certainly no nutrition…
Should we be worried about iodine?
Read our page on iodine. New reports this week in the Daily Mail and Independent suggest that if we drink plant milks, we might go short of this trace mineral.…
Who is eating all the soya?
The Guardian published a bizzare piece featuring a letter about how soya-eating vegans are destroying the planet – shame no one checked the facts first! Think soya is something only…
Gelatine is not a superfood
This week, Channel 4 broadcast Superfoods: The Real Story. This programme examines so-called superfoods and reveals the science (if any) underlying the claims, or so they claim. First up was…
Poison Eggs
According to the latest estimates, around 700,000 eggs from the Netherlands and Belgium contaminated with the pesticide fipronil have reached the UK food market. The symptoms of fipronil poisoning include…
Vegetarians are LESS likely to be depressed
The Daily Mail says that vegetarian men are more likely to suffer from depression. If you look at the research, it quickly becomes clear that the opposite is true. Curiously,…
Men jailed for horsemeat conspiracy
This week The Guardian reports that Andronicos Sideras, 55, was sentenced to four and a half years, while his co-conspirator, 58-year-old Ulrik Nielsen, was jailed for three and a half…
