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Why we need to run for cover when the food industry appears to ‘come to our rescue’

Friday, January 26th, 2007

It’s a fundamental belief of mine that a ‘healthy’ diet is one made up of natural, unprocessed foods. Unfortunately, richer pickings for the food industry will generally be found in chemicalised, processed foods that have little or no place in the diet – margarine springs readily to mind. After a half-century history […]

Should prison inmates be taking nutritional supplements?

Wednesday, January 24th, 2007

It was announced this week that a study is about to get underway in which some UK prison inmates are to be given nutritional supplements to see what effect this has on mood and behaviour. This research has been masterminded by Professor John Stein of Oxford University, and comes on the back of […]