Is coffee bad for the heart or not?

Reports about the effect of coffee on heart health can be contradictory, so a new study from Britain aims to shed more light on this problem.

Government ‘not serious’ about improving Britain’s diet

The British government has done too little to tackle Britain’s poor dietary habits, with more than seven out of ten middle-aged adults overweight and nearly half suffering high blood pressure…

Fibre, Whole Grains, Linked To Lower Colorectal Cancer Risk

Following a diet high in fibre, particularly from whole grains and cereals like brown rice and oats, is linked to a lower risk of colorectal cancer, according to researchers in Britain and The Netherlands who pooled all available published evidence, covering nearly 2 million people. They write about their findings in a study published online in the BMJ on 10 November…

New Children’s Book Labeled "Dangerous" By Diet Guru

The founder of Britain’s top weight loss organization has called a book about the story of a short overweight girl who diets and becomes the school soccer star “an outrage”…

Chefs And Consumers Urged To Thoroughly Cook Chicken Livers, UK

Over the last two years the Health Protection Agency (HPA) has noticed an increase in the number of outbreaks of campylobacter infections associated with the consumption of poultry liver pate/parfait at a number of catering establishments. Campylobacter is the most common cause of food poisoning in Britain and there were almost 60,000 cases last year…