Viva! Health unravels the most recent scientific research and makes it easy to understand. Here we update you on the latest findings…
Dairy propaganda plummets to a new low
If the ads were to be honest, they’d show cows used and abused as mere production units, list the many health issues dairy consumption has been linked to and state…
Less Porky Pies!
You may remember that Viva! Health complained to the Advertising Standards Authority about the Love Pork advert in which pork medallions are described as healthy. We looked at their website…
What Milk?
The brand, called Camelicious, is owned by HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, vice president and prime minister of the UAE and ruler of Dubai. His camel mega-dairy farm…
Porky Pies
The TV campaign is designed to try and change how people see pork – as fatty, unhealthy and unpopular. The AHDB is a levy board funded by farmers, their sole…
Childhood obesity crisis spurs call to action against Big Food
An enormous study of 128.9 million people revealed that the global number of overweight and obese children is alarmingly high and all major health organisations are calling for action. News…
Blind hypocrisy
The story refers to an unnamed psychologist who thinks that ‘clean eating’ can have a devastating effect. So-called ‘clean eating’ usually involves a diet free of processed foods, gluten, sugar,…
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.…
