Diet

Health news

Home cooking better than processed meals for weight loss, study says

Ultra-processed foods can be bad for our health. A new study sought to understand whether it’s the processing itself or the ingredients that really matter.

04/08/2025

Nutrition

What is ‘fibremaxxing’ and should we all be doing it?

A wellness trend on TikTok is advocating eating as much fibre as possible. For once, nutrition experts actually agree.

14/07/2025

Nutrition

Four ways to make healthy snacks a habit at work

Reaching for crisps or your fourth cup of coffee doesn’t have to be inevitable.

11/07/2025

Europe News

Digital weight loss: How online Ozempic buyers bypass prescriptions

Weight loss drugs can be purchased online with ease, and a boom in sales exposes consumers to risk.

05/06/2025

Health news

The slimming shot: What price are you willing to pay for a dream body?

How weight loss demand is draining Europe’s diabetes drug supply, as countries adopt varying speeds of approach to medicinal approval for dual purposes.

04/06/2025

Health news

Girls who eat healthier may get their periods later, study finds

Early menstruation has been linked to health issues later in life, making the time around puberty important for long-term well-being, researchers said.

15/05/2025

Green News

Two key reasons French men have 26% higher carbon footprint than women

Food and transport account for half of the average French person’s carbon footprint.

14/05/2025

Nutrition

How to slow down and eat more mindfully at dinner

Experts tend to focus on which foods can improve your health, but the speed at which you devour your dinner matters too.

17/04/2025

Nutrition

What should you be eating to stay healthier for longer in old age?

A new large-scale study tracked people’s dietary habits and health outcomes from midlife to about age 70. This is what they found out.

24/03/2025

Living

Grass-fed beef may not be better for the planet, new study finds

Even in the most optimistic scenarios, new research has found grass-fed beef is no less carbon intensive than industrial alternatives.

18/03/2025

Nutrition

Intermittent fasting may heal cells but leads to higher cancer risk

Intermittent fasting can boost the regenerative abilities of intestinal stem cells, a new study on mice showed, but it also had some downsides.

21/08/2024

Health news

Nearly half of cancer deaths preventable with lifestyle changes

Just under half of all cancer deaths in the US and 40 per cent of cases were linked to preventable factors, according to new research.

11/07/2024

Nutrition

Euroviews. Ultra-processed foods should unite the food movement — not divide us

Ultimately, we need to pull together to transform our broken food system. Across the movement, we broadly have the same goal — a food system that is healthy for people and the planet, Emily Armistead writes.

18/06/2024

Nutrition

Study links ultra-processed food to higher cardiovascular disease risk

Researchers looked at the impact of a range of “plant-based” ultra-processed foods on your health, which confirmed other findings that link processed foods to health problems.

15/06/2024

Lifestyle

British man crowned world's oldest – and his secret is fish and chips

The world’s oldest man officially claimed the title last week, and he had some surprising advice to share.

08/04/2024

Nutrition

People in cities are losing the gut bacteria to properly digest plants

A gut bacteria called Ruminococcus, which helps digest fibre, is "sparse" in samples from the microbiome of humans living in urbanised societies.

21/03/2024

Nutrition

Diets like Keto or fasting could keep cancer at bay, new study finds

Popular diets, like the Keto diet, could curve a tumour’s progression, but more research is needed to evaluate its impact on humans, a new study shows.

12/03/2024

Health news

Dry January, Veganuary: What are the benefits and the risks?

We take a look at this month’s most popular challenges, and ask experts for advice on how to get things right.

08/01/2024

Nutrition

Low-carb, plant-based diets linked to less weight gain over time

A new study has found that low-carbohydrate diets high in plant-based fats and proteins were linked to less long-term weight gain.

02/01/2024

Europe Decoded

Does Dry January actually work?

Every January, most of us pledge to work on ourselves. Some try to abstain from alcohol for the month. But does Dry January make us healthier?

01/01/2024