Ra 4 Food - Health and Nutritional Tips

Sufferers of the most common cause of progressive blindness in the elderly are due to receive a drug that cost £10,700 per patient on the NHS. The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice) has approved the Use of Lucentis for wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD).

The advice should mean that thousands of people [...]

Canadian researchers have found that anyone taking medication should beware of drinking fruit juice. Apple, Orange and Grapefruit Juice can all have significant effect of the uptake of drugs, lowering or increasing their effectiveness.

While the influence of grapefruit juice is already well known, and some drug labels caution against drinking it with medicines, this [...]

Under proposals to be announced next week by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), nationwide testing for tens of thousands of young people for a genetic defect that can kill them in their twenties.

The tests will include children as young as ten, and focuses on those whose mother and fathers were [...]

A study has found that less than one in 100 Britons have a healthy diet, preferring high sugar, salt, and fatty foods.

The study found that just eight in 1000 adults – or 0.8 percent – met all five targets for levels of saturated fats, total fats, fruit and vegetables, salt and sugar recommended by [...]

When you need an extra boost its easy to turn to one of the many energy drinks on the market, but drinking just one can of the popular ‘Red Bull’ can increase your risk of heart damage.

A study of university students aged between 20 and 24 found that drinking just one 250ml sugar free [...]

Research has shown that clumsy children are more likely to be obese in later life because they exercise less.

The study, that started 50 years ago, found that youngsters with poor hand control and co-ordination are far more prone to gaining a lot of weight during adulthood, putting them at a higher risk of heart [...]

The Department of Health has devised a scheme that will give money to corner shops around the North West of England, to help boost sales of Fruit and Vegetables. This comes after a similar scheme in Scotland proved effective at improving sales.

£200,000 will be spent on the project in the first year in the [...]

American researchers have found that running on a regular basis can slow the effects of ageing. Elderly joggers were found to be half as likely to die prematurely from conditions, such as cancer, than non-runners, and enjoy a healthier life with fewer disabilities.

The Stanford University Medical Center Experts said the findings in Archives of [...]

A new ‘health drink’ called Skinny Water, has got nutritionists an food safety campaigners in an uproar, pointing out that the product has not been scientifically proven.

The company’s marketing suits claim the water is guaranteed to suppress hunger and fight fat. Costing 99p per 500ml bottle, the pomegranate-flavoured drink is the latest in a [...]

Researchers have found a pill that has been shown to stop people piling on the pounds after a diet. Alpha-lipoic acid, a dietary supplement widely sold in health food shops, also has an anti-ageing effect.

If you take the pill with a normal diet, nothing obvious happens, but if scientists say that it can “lock [...]