Ra 4 Food - Health and Nutritional Tips

The National Institute for clinical excellence – NICE – has recommended major changes round convenience & processed food.
NICE – The UK’s leading health watchdog - has challenged both the government & the food industry to take action to improve the nation’s health through diet, saying that this should no longer just be a matter for [...]

Eating disorder charities are concerned that a marked rise in people obsessed with healthy eating may be indicative of a serious psychological condition.
Sufferers typically have strict rules around eating. Certain foods - such as sugar, salt, caffeine, gluten & dairy - are out, as are foods that contain artificial additives or may have come into [...]

Earlier in the month research suggested that coffee may give some protection against developing Parkinson’s disease. Now scientists have found evidence that drinking coffee may also result in a reduced risk of getting head & neck cancers.
The study, led by Mia Hashibe from the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, used studies from the [...]

There was disappointment & outrage on Wednesday as the European Parliament appeared to reject recommendations designed to promote better health among consumers, in favour of the interests of the food industry.
Consumer & health groups were dismayed at the rejection of the proposals which were the result of much research in an attempt to devise a [...]

A new study has revealed that motorists who do not use screen wash for their windscreen wipers are at risk of contracting the potentially fatal Legionnaires ‘disease.
According to the NHS website, ‘Legionnaires’ disease is a potentially fatal lung infection (pneumonia) that is caused by the bacteria legionella.
The condition is called Legionnaires’ disease because it was [...]

New research indicates a twenty five per cent reduction in the risk of developing Parkinsosn’s disease among coffee drinkers.
Parkinson’s disease is a progressive neurological condition – the second most common worldwide - for which the causes are uncertain, & there is currently no cure. Around one hundred & twenty thousand people suffer from the condition [...]

Just what is the real cost of some of the food we’re buying at our supermarkets?
Transporting food over long distances is not environmentally friendly. People are widely aware of this nowadays & many strive to buy locally, or at least from within the UK. Food miles could be significantly cut if we returned to eating [...]

The importance of calcium for our bones has long been publicized, but it seems that taking too much in the form of supplements can seriously damage our health.
Advertising calcium supplements for the prevention & treatment of osteoporosis - a condition where bones become so brittle that they break easily - has encouraged their widespread use. [...]

The prospect of a vaccine that can give protection from breast cancer is an exciting one, but news of the new trials need to be tempered with a realistic outlook – there’s still a long way to go.
Each year more than a million women are diagnosed with breast cancer throughout the world. It is currently [...]

Acupuncture has been regarded by many with scepticism. Now some new research evidences a scientific basis for its perceived beneficial effects.
Practiced throughout the world for around four thousand years since it was developed in China, the procedure of acupuncture involves the insertion of fine needles into the body at specific points. During a session that [...]