Ra 4 Food - Health and Nutritional Tips

Ahh Vegemite - that sticky black stuff that Australians know and love so well (and Britons love to hate its UK cousin, Marmite) – is getting a modern ‘alteration’.
That’s right, because come July, our Antipodean friends will be able to hot foot it down to the local store, to get their hands on Vegemite’s new, [...]

Distinguished vodka drinkers are shelling out a pretty penny for premium and luxury brands that are being marketed on their heritage and style credentials, with some coming in at an eye watering £140 a litre.
It seems vodka has shook off its reputation as a good mixer for diet coke down [...]

Doctors have developed a new test that will revolutionise the way Alzheimer’s is diagnosed as patients can undertake a memory test themselves.
A report revealed that the test, which is a two page questionnaire, was capable of identifying 93 per cent of cases compared to just 52 per cent with the traditional dementia test. The content [...]

The battle of the rosés has come to an end. A sigh of relief can be breathed as the European Commission have today confirmed they will not proceed with plans to let European winemakers produce cheap rosé by combining red and white wine together (eeugh thank God!)
The decision comes after wine makers in France and [...]

OK ladies, so we have not exactly created a very nice image of ourselves as drinkers over the past decade – from the wholly un-ladylike “ladette” culture to the quintessential vodka gargling Bridget Jones singletons – lets face it, British women have a shameful reputation. However, the tables could be about to turn, as new [...]

Reports from a microbiologist come out today warning people that probiotic supplements are not recommended for people without health problems and in addition could be detrimental for those with weak immune systems.
Michael Wilson, Professor of Microbiology at University College London, stated that there was insignificant evidence to show drinking one a day was beneficial. In [...]

A public health expert has warned that children without the MMR vaccine should not be allowed to attend school until they get it.
Sir Sandy Macara, former chairman of the British Medical Association (BMA), feels that the combined MMR jab – which prevents measles, mumps and rubella – should be mandatory now despite a long period [...]

<!– @page { margin: 2cm } P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm } –>It seems times in the medical profession really are a changing as more women take up a place in what was once a male-dominated workforce.
A new report reveals that the centuries old archetypal image of a doctor as a white male is making way [...]

<!– @page { margin: 2cm } P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm } –>Is it just me or has the world gone carbon emission mad? Yes we should all be doing our bit for the environment – low energy light bulbs, locally grown produce, less short haul flights – but not eating animals that are prone [...]

Ok, so here’s a novelty – a restaurant advising their customers not to eat their food. Yes, bizarrely, Nobu – the acclaimed sushi restaurant is trying to put their patrons off ordering the bluefin tuna – an endangered species. Would it not be easier just to take it off the menu??
Instead, the London restaurants that [...]