Should we all eat like Olympic athletes?
We’re in the midst of Olympic fever right now. Isn’t it fun watching...
Should we try to lose weight or just accept ourselves the way we...
A recent Listener had a cover story promoting health at any weight. It...
Make over your meals: Cheesy sauces and bakes
To Make Every Meal Healthier! this month's small change to make (and to...
Can you be healthy at any size?
There’s been a lot of discussion in recent weeks around the idea of...
Make over your meals: Pudding and dessert treats
To Make Every Meal Healthier! this month's small change to make (and to...
Are you a human rubbish bin?
When you head round to someone else’s for dinner, you can often end...
Achieve health and a healthy weight
Imagine how much easier life would be if the foods you enjoyed most...
The latest hot diet – and how to spot a fad
The other day we heard about a new diet book that has knocked...
Sugar – should we stop eating it?
Everyone’s talking about sugar at the moment. It comes in the wake of...
What can we learn from Japan?
Welcome to the first of our regular blogs from Claire Turnbull, HFG nutritionist...
IBS: Our most common tummy trouble – what to do about it
Do you have ‘tummy trouble’? About 15 per cent of the world’s population...
Beware the ‘health halo’
Sometimes, the things we read about health and food are not particularly helpful.
Think...
A change worth making to your diet: become a vegivore!
Of all the research studies that cross my desk, the most common recurring...
Where’s salt really hiding – and is some salt healthier?
Like many people, I am a lover of savoury, salty flavours.
Salt, of course,...
Why does healthy eating make us anxious?
Unsurprisingly, I have a lot of social conversations about food and health. Sometimes,...
Is healthy eating really affordable?
It’s clear to anyone who shops for food that many healthy foods have...
Foods on the ‘blacklist’ – should we stop eating them?
You will have seen the list of NEEDN’T foods released recently by researchers...
What does ‘fat-free’ really mean on a label?
How much notice do you take of food labels? Does a ‘99% fat-free’...