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The declining nutritonal state of our diet

Sunday, July 31st, 2005

Tomorrow sees the coming into force of the Food Supplements Directive - a piece of Eurocratic legislation which, once fully implemented, is likely to see the banning of dozens of nutrients from use in supplements, and also threatens to impose quite strict limits on the permitted dosages of the nutrients that remain. This directive is [...]

From my post-bag - a selection of questions about PMS, carrots, heart attacks and salt

Sunday, July 24th, 2005

Ask the experts
I get a very mixed bag of mail, though the layout of the column precludes me from giving answers that require less or more space than dictated by design. While I can often tackle weightier matters in the body of my page, this week gives me a welcome opportunity to respond to [...]