Blogs
- May 10, 2013: Heavenly black pudding – just don't blacken its name
- April 24, 2013: How to survive the Apocalypse and embrace self-sufficiency, and other old chestnuts.
- March 25, 2013: Dicing with death, and how to save your bacon with broccoli
- March 21, 2013: Fluoride in water. Medicine or madness?
- March 18, 2013: Running on empty: why predictions that we are living longer may be short-lived.
- February 28, 2013: If you want better hospital food, call the army.
- February 26, 2013: Amuse-bouche #20. Yogurt and yogurt drinks
- February 21, 2013: Amuse-bouche #19. Olives – the perfect low carb high fat fruit.
- February 21, 2013: Killing me softly: GPs demand government comes down hard on soft drinks.
- January 23, 2013: Amuse-bouche #18. Water, and the shrinking human.
- January 22, 2013: January: sick and tired and no vitamin D ….
- January 21, 2013: Amuse-bouche #17. Vinegar – not just for chips
- January 15, 2013: Amuse-bouche #15. Don't fear the fat
- January 11, 2013: Amuse-bouche #14. Don't go for the burn
- January 8, 2013: Amuse-bouche #13. Bin the burnt toast
- January 3, 2013: Amuse-bouche #12. A good egg.
- December 31, 2012: Amuse-bouche #11. Eat a cooked breakfast for weight loss and vitality
- December 17, 2012: Amuse-bouche #10. coffee comfort
- December 11, 2012: Amuse-bouche #9. Senseless Snacking Statistics
- December 6, 2012: Now that's what I call a proper breakfast # 2….
- December 4, 2012: Amuse-bouche #8. Fish for brains
- November 30, 2012: Amuse-bouche #7. You really don't need that bed-time snack
- November 28, 2012: Now that's what I call a proper lunch #2
- November 27, 2012: Amuse-bouche #6. Hurrah for honey
- November 26, 2012: Now that's what I call a proper breakfast #1….
- November 22, 2012: Amuse-bouche #5. The importance of the family meal
- November 21, 2012: Now that's what I call a proper lunch .. #1 Smoked mackerel fillet and spinach
- November 20, 2012: Amuse-bouche #4. Butter versus margarine
- November 19, 2012: Lovely coconuts
- November 16, 2012: Amuse-bouche #3. Artificial sweeteners. Not the real thing
- November 15, 2012: Cancer: the carbohydrate connection
- November 9, 2012: Obesity in the UK. Fat and lazy? No, just fat.
- November 9, 2012: Beware the breakfast that induces animal passions
- November 7, 2012: Skipping breakfast
- October 30, 2012: Learning to cook and getting even smarter. Big Brain theory, part two.
- October 24, 2012: The Big Brain: from Homo erectus to Homo sapiens, via diet. Part one: meat
- September 20, 2012: Dementia and the diet connection. Why Alzheimer's is now called Type 3 diabetes
- September 13, 2012: Eat more meat! How conjugated linoleic acid in meat can help prevent cancer, heart disease and other modern diseases.
- September 10, 2012: Brave new world or killing fields – is conventionally grown food as healthy as organic?
- September 4, 2012: Stressed and snacking. It's the modern way.
- August 30, 2012: Sweet nothings. “Diet” soft drinks don't do what they say on the tin.
- August 8, 2012: Squid ink, pasta al Pollock and farewell to Puglia
- August 7, 2012: Heavenly mozzarella in Puglia. Unpasteurised, unspoilt. (Day 4)
- August 3, 2012: Slow Food on the Beach (Day 3)
- August 2, 2012: Tanked up in Monopoli (on selenium and iodine) Day 2.
- July 31, 2012: A night on the beans (Day 1 continued)
- July 30, 2012: Fast food in Puglia – as cheap as chips. Without the chips. (Day 1)
- July 8, 2012: Slurping on sulphur – now you don't have to with sulphite-free wine.
- July 6, 2012: Quorn. What on earth is that?
- July 5, 2012: Why a Big Mac with fries could be the new superfood
- June 29, 2012: The top 20 symptoms of the 'perfectly healthy ... but not very well'. Twenty: Mood swings
- June 28, 2012: The top 20 symptoms of the 'perfectly healthy ... but not very well'. Nineteen: Poor circulation
- June 27, 2012: The top 20 symptoms of the 'perfectly healthy ... but not very well'. Eighteen: Dry skin and/or eyes
- June 25, 2012: DIY, Football and TV dinners. Game on!
- June 21, 2012: The top 20 symptoms of the 'perfectly healthy ... but not very well'. Seventeen: Mild depression
- June 20, 2012: The top 20 symptoms of the 'perfectly healthy ... but not very well'. Sixteen: Poor memory/concentration
- June 19, 2012: The top 20 symptoms of the 'perfectly healthy ... but not very well'. Fifteen: Cravings
- June 18, 2012: The top 20 symptoms of the 'perfectly healthy ... but not very well'. Fourteen: Constipation
- June 14, 2012: The top 20 symptoms of the 'perfectly healthy ... but not very well'. Thirteen: Diarrhoea
- June 13, 2012: The top 20 symptoms of the 'perfectly healthy ... but not very well'. Twelve: aching joints
- June 12, 2012: The top 20 symptoms of the 'perfectly healthy ... but not very well'. Eleven: period pain
- June 11, 2012: The top 20 symptoms of the 'perfectly healthy ... but not very well'. Ten: headaches
- June 8, 2012: The top 20 symptoms of the 'perfectly healthy ... but not very well'. Nine: water retention
- June 7, 2012: The top 20 symptoms of the 'perfectly healthy ... but not very well'. Eight: frequent colds and infections
- June 6, 2012: The top 20 symptoms of the 'perfectly healthy ... but not very well'. Seven: skin rashes and itching
- May 31, 2012: The top 20 symptoms of the 'perfectly healthy ... but not very well'. Six: acne (in adults)
- May 29, 2012: The top 20 symptoms of the 'perfectly healthy ... but not very well'. Five: insomnia
- May 24, 2012: The top 20 symptoms of the 'perfectly healthy ... but not very well'. Four: premenstrual syndrome
- May 23, 2012: The top 20 symptoms of the 'perfectly healthy ... but not very well'. Three: bloating/flatulence
- May 18, 2012: The top 20 symptoms of the 'perfectly healthy ... but not very well'. Two: weight gain
- May 18, 2012: No chips please! Just bring me all your mushy peas
- May 16, 2012: The top 20 symptoms of the 'perfectly healthy ... but not very well'. One: lack of energy
- May 15, 2012: Breast cancer, insulin and the glycaemic index
- May 1, 2012: Instant coffee: bad taste toxins
- April 26, 2012: Brains in your belly: why stress affects your digestive system.
- April 24, 2012: Green, earthy spinach. You will grow to love it.
- April 12, 2012: Honey, and how to save the honeybee, the planet and possibly even humanity (without too much effort)
- March 30, 2012: My bizarre bean lunch – a lesson in creative thrift
- March 29, 2012: Keep up the cholesterol-rich foods (and lay off the carbs) if you want to lower your risk of heart disease
- March 27, 2012: Fat enough yet? Misguided advice based on more bad science will be the death of us all.
- March 26, 2012: Red meat versus bad science, or how to eat like a human
- March 14, 2012: Poor and fat in the UK today
- March 13, 2012: Shelling out for a good egg: you can see why
- March 8, 2012: Word on The Street: Flora Cuisine, or what not to use for frying
- March 7, 2012: Flat Earthers part two: saturated fat and heart disease
- March 2, 2012: Fat or thin? – kerching kerching! Fat tax set to boost economy and make us even fatter.
- February 29, 2012: Samphire, and why the Ice Age may have messed up your thyroid
- February 23, 2012: NHS weight loss guidelines for calorie counters and Flat Earthers
- February 22, 2012: Dried pancakes in plastic. Explain that to me.
- February 17, 2012: Britain's Favourite Supermarket Foods – BBC off its trolley over diet advice.
- February 15, 2012: What to recommend to people you just don't like: bran
- February 13, 2012: Life-long sunscreens: natural protection from carotenoid pigments in plants
- February 9, 2012: In praise of... Slow Tea. Like Slow Food, only brewed.
- February 7, 2012: Eczema, cheese, sunlight and me.
- February 3, 2012: Paradise lost, warm outfits and suntan lotion: the vitamin D connection.
- January 30, 2012: What not to drink: rice milk. Not rice, not milk. Just sugar, water, vegetable oil.
- January 26, 2012: Ode to breakfast porridge
- January 25, 2012: Juicing: a helluva hype, but what about the evidence?
- January 18, 2012: The lunchbox: definitely not for wimps
- January 16, 2012: Which? Magazine report lambastes nutritional therapy
- January 16, 2012: Currently, most excited about ...frozen broad beans
- January 16, 2012: Breakfast bars – a crime against diet and decency
- January 14, 2012: For successful weight loss, when you eat matters as much as what you eat
- January 12, 2012: Currently, I am giving a wide berth to ...
- January 12, 2012: Shocking ingredient of the moment ...
- January 11, 2012: So you want to detox for the New Year. Better deal first with that leaky gut.
- January 10, 2012: Currently, I am mostly excited by …
- January 10, 2012: Meat free Monday – why a vegetarian diet can be as bad as a meaty one when it comes to global warming
- January 7, 2012: Brain function, cognitive decline and heart disease: why we really, really need oily fish.
- January 6, 2012: Do you need to take vitamin and mineral supplements? The myth of the balance diet.
- December 19, 2011: Christmas: the season to binge drink, be merry and regret later over a hangover.
- December 7, 2011: Modern crises: pensions, obesity and the myth of living longer
- November 29, 2011: Is The Food Hospital right to dismiss the detox?
- November 28, 2011: I wish I hadn't eaten that
- November 25, 2011: Currently, I am mostly drooling over ....
