Ra 4 Food - Health and Nutritional Tips

Each year 200,000 people in the UK die from cardiovacular disease. Now a new study by the German Institute of Human Nutrition brings hope that this can be reduced in a surprising & simple way, by regularly eating small amounts of chocolate!
The research involved looking at the health – including diet - of over [...]

A new study may have found the first modifiable risk factor for endometriosis.
Endometriosis is a medical condition which affects around 2 million women – that’s one in ten women  - in the UK. Small pieces of the lining of the womb – the endometrium – are found in other areas of the body. Each month, [...]

A review of previous studies clarifies the current thinking regarding the health benefits of eating polyunsaturated fats.
In the UK heart disease is the most common cause of death. Aloninking reg with smoking & lack of exercise, eating too much saturated fat can be a contributory factor. These fats cause an increase in the level of [...]

 As support mounts for the campaign to ban junk food from nurseries, surely the Government must finally take action.
Many people are unaware that existing standards & regulation that apply to primary & secondary schools do not cover nurseries, where practices which would be unacceptable in schools are widespread. The potential effects for the future development [...]

A recent study suggests that daily capsules of purified fish oil may be helpful in slowing or preventing bowel cancer where a particular genetic condition exists.
There is a condition called FAP (familial adenomatous polyposis) which runs in families, that puts its sufferers at very high risk of developing bowel cancer. People who have the condition [...]

Mephedrone is the latest in a line of legal recreational drugs to hit the club scene in the UK.
In some countries Mephedrone has been banned. Here it can legally be bought cheaply & easily under the pretext of plant food or fertilizer, or research drugs. A quick google search brings up suppliers who promise to [...]

Will calorie counting on menus actually help us to eat a more healthy diet?
In the latest ploy to try and enforce healthy eating, the Food Standards Agency wants to introduce a voluntary roll out of calorie counting to restaurants and fast food outlets. A pilot scheme was introduced last year after research by the FSA [...]

Government watchdog makes an unexpected u-turn in the fight to help us separate the ‘good’ from the ‘bad’ in our shopping basket.
Four years ago following extensive research, the government’s Food Standards Agency recommended a system of traffic light labels to help people make healthy choices when buying food. The scheme is an attempt to tackle [...]

On the lookout for the ultimate convenience food? Read on!
Until relatively recently the Department of Health was advising us that seafood was bad for our health, but in 2006 government scientists changed their minds and decided it was good for us after all! For over twenty years mussels were considered to be bad for the [...]

Environmental groups slam the decision as a threat to human health, while two of its member countries express their opposition.
It is twelve years since there was European approval for a genetically modified crop until yesterday when the European Commission in Brussels authorized the cultivation of a genetically modified potato crop. The Amflora potatoes to be [...]