Ra 4 Food - Health and Nutritional Tips

The Soil Association - watchdog for organic food - have given in to pressure from major supermarkets to include food that has travelled by air to display the organic label.

Last year The Soil Association put forward a proposal to stop supermarkets from using their certification label on food that had been air freighted into the [...]

Parents were advised by the Government today that children should live an alcohol-free childhood.
Sir Liam Donaldson, the Chief Medical Officer, recommends that parents do not allow their children to consume alcohol at all - including having a drink at home - until they have reached at least 15.
The advice comes in stark contrast to the [...]

Weatherspoons might have introduced the 99p pint last week, but celebrity chef Marco Pierre White is having none of it as he introduces a plan to serve an eye-watering £5 pint at his pub in Newbury, Berkshire.

The opinionated chef is uninterested in addressing the economic meltdown that plagues the country when it comes to pricing [...]

A study has revealed that masturbating could have both beneficial and detrimental health effects, depending on your age. Doctors say that the taboo sexual activity that few of us admit to, has links with a higher chance of prostate cancer for men in their twenties and thirties who masturbate often.
However, interestingly, when men get to [...]

Birmingham is well known for its top notch curries, but now it is being firmly established as England’s second food capital, with no fewer than three restaurants there gaining Michelin stars. All offer traditional French dishes with a modern British twist.
Simpsons restaurant in Edgbaston received the covetable star five years ago, and has been turning [...]

The most coveted award in the world of fish and chip shops - Fish and Chip Shop of the Year - has been given to a wee Scottish chippy on Fife’s shores, where the fish is ethically sourced and lovingly cooked.

The Anstruther Fish Bar and Restaurant in Fife made a lasting impression on the judges [...]

For some time now Australia has led the way in excellent wine making, pioneering “New World” wines into the 21st century, holding its own against the more traditional French and Italian winemakers.

However the tables are turning and numerous Aussie winemakers who originally profited from the gold rush are considering jumping ship. Last year alone wine [...]

New research released today has revealed that if women drink in the first three months of pregnancy, it is most likely they would not benefit from giving up at that point.

A study found that the effects of drinking while pregnant are most prevalent in the first trimester, and after that the damage has already been [...]

Finally good news for patients suffering from cancer in England, as they can now make an application for free prescriptions on drugs to help tackle the disease.

The Prime Minister Gordon Brown made the welcoming statement last year that people coping with with serious long-term illnesses would be entitled to free medicines on the NHS.
As of [...]

Sainsbury’s will be making poultry campaigners very happy this week, as they announce they are to be the first major supermarket to ban the sale of eggs from caged hens.

They are the third biggest food store chain in Britain and from 5 February they will only sell free range eggs - three years earlier than [...]