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Who are Britain’s Hardest Working Mothers?
This Mother’s Day, mums across the country will be enjoying the company of their children – apart from Britain’s hardest working mums who have their newborns taken away a day…
Plant Oils Healthy Alternative to Contaminated Fish Oil, Cancer Study Finds
The widely-reported US study into the cancer risk of eating highly-contaminated, Scottish farmed salmon claims that plant oils are a healthier alternative. Salmon has been heavily promoted as beneficial to…
Ignorance about fish threatening unborn children
Mothers who act on the recent report about a link between increased fish consumption in pregnancy and higher birthweight babies may be risking the health of their babies, campaigners warned…
FSA challenged over fish promotion
On the eve of the Food Standard Agency issuing recommendations for safe maximum levels of oily fish consumption, health charity the Vegetarian & Vegan Foundation (VVF) today challenged the need…
Health Charity Calls for “Zero Tolerance’ of Polluted Fish
Health charity Viva Health have responded to today’s Food Standard Agency’s announcement on “safe’ levels of fish consumption with a call for plant oils to be promoted instead. The FSA’s recommendations were…
“Stop promoting fish’, charity tells FSA
Calls for a reappraisal of official advice encouraging consumption of fish and fish oils have been made in an open letter to Sir John Krebs, Chair of the Food Standards…
Vegan Children Some of the Healthiest in the World
The BBC is failing in its supposed role as a public service broadcaster, says Viva Health, after giving widespread publicity to a seriously flawed, unscientific piece of propaganda claiming that…
Statin Quick Fix Not the Way to Good Health, says Charity
A health charity has urged caution over new research showing that statins can reverse arterial plaque, claiming that far better results can be achieved through diet. It also challenges claims…
Health Charity Shocked by Veggie Foster Care Decision
A leading health charity is appalled by West Sussex County Council’s decision to refuse a vegetarian couple foster rights. Vegetarian children, says a spokesperson for the Vegetarian & Vegan Foundation…
Health charity rejects claims that ditching milk “stunts infant growth’
Health charity, the Viva Health vehemently rejects claims that pregnant mothers who avoid drinking milk during pregnancy risk “stunting the growth of their baby”. The claims were made following a…