The calorie content of popular main meals served in UK and international restaurant chains is excessive and only a minority meet public health recommendations, finds a University of Liverpool study published in the Christmas ...
Dec 12, 2018
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Hundreds of thousands of people will receive NHS help to battle obesity and type 2 diabetes under radical action set out by Simon Stevens, Chief Executive of NHS England.
Dec 7, 2018
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The romaine lettuce E. coli scare is over, but it's taken consumers a while to toss the vitamin rich leafy greens in a salad again.
Nov 26, 2018
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One of the targets of the UK government's new health strategy is salt. Your body needs salt to function normally, but an excess leads to raised blood pressure and an increase in the risk of stroke and heart disease. Since ...
Nov 7, 2018
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Nov. 1 is World Vegan Day and apparently Canada is going meatless, unless you are a white older male, that is.
Nov 1, 2018
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On Oct. 17, smoking cannabis will become legal in Canada. As for cannabis edibles, they will take a bit longer: Cannabis-infused food products will be legal in a little less than a year's time.
Jul 18, 2018
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New research, published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, highlights the benefits of the food industry changing food product portion sizes in order to make healthier eating more normal.
Apr 30, 2018
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Canada's health went under a trade-related microscope recently in two parallel developments.
Apr 5, 2018
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A diet rich in saturated fat and sugar not only leads to obesity, it creates inflammation in the nucleus accumbens, a part of the brain that controls mood and the feeling of reward. And this inflammation can lead to depressive, ...
Feb 13, 2018
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The largest Listeria food-borne outbreak ever recorded in human history is now taking place in South Africa.
Feb 12, 2018
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