Understanding why a tub of double chocolate chip ice-cream makes us feel so good when we’re down is something few of us have really considered. We ju…

We tend to think of stress as our emotional response to things that are giving us a bad day or making us feel that we can’t cope. Your body can be s…

Although inflammation is a normal response to infection or injury, experts agree that in the long term, high levels of inflammation in the body aren’…

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Tanita scales allow you to assess so much more than just your weight. One of the key things that these scales do differently over regular scales is m…

It is estimated that IBS affects somewhere between 9% and 23% of the world’s population. It’s hard to be any more precise as many people just suffer…

Discover the top five common diet destroyers and learn strategies to outsmart them, from family feeders to your own inner critic.

Three in four people who have irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) may benefit from a low FODMAP diet. But what are FODMAPs and how can you explain them to…

The latest proposed approach to tackling obesity is to introduce calorie expenditure equivalents on packaging. This would mean that on a particular f…

Over the past few years there has been an increasing amount of information in the media about the growing obesity problem. On April 1st 2016, one of…

Gluten-free food is in every supermarket and sandwich bar, but why are so many people avoiding gluten?Research suggests that around 1% of the populat…

It was great to hear during the chancellor's budget, that sugary drinks are being taxed. The government has finally recognised that sugar and sugary…