Viva! Health unravels the most recent scientific research and makes it easy to understand. Here we update you on the latest findings…
Junk (food) journalism!
More misleading headlines giving poor advice to the public… The study the headlines refer to was funded by a pharmaceutical manufacturer and looked at a very specific group of adults…
Buttering you up with fat lies
This time the study, published in the British Journal of Medicine, re-examined old data taken from a nursing home and six state mental hospitals in Minnesota in the US between…
Eat to beat the silent killer
WHO says there were 422 million adults living with diabetes in 2014, a fourfold increase since 1980. High blood sugar levels are a major killer – linked to 3.7 million…
And today’s misleading headline…
This time the headlines say that long term vegetarianism can lead to genetic mutations which raise the risk of heart disease and cancer, scientists have found. Well, that’s not really what…
Why all the milk tantrums?
Many people now accept that we ought to eat less meat and that, in fact, we don’t need to eat it altogether but it’s a whole different story with dairy.…
University of Manchester launches vegan-friendly menu
First year mathematics student, Aless Donebauer, was the only vegan student living in catered halls when they chef decided to change the menu to be more inclusive. The vegan option…
