Bombs, bullets & our daily bread

Tonight, over four million Palestinians, and more than eight million others across the world, will eat supper as refugees. For this special report, Alex Renton visits Gaza, where every day brings a new struggle against hunger

Hard to swallow

A report saying that certain dietary supplements may do more harm than good has prompted howls of outrage from the vitamin and health-food lobby. So who exactly should we believe? Sarah Boseley reports

Against the grain

Bread expert Andrew Whitley explains why we need to get back to baking our own

Fat boy slimmer

Lifetime foodie and restaurant critic, Jay Rayner was never going to get into 34-inch Levi's. Or was he? After six hard months at the gym, he's already a shadow of his former self

What’s in your basket?

Despite coming from a diabetic family, Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty loves her carbs. Dr John Briffa disapproves

Water on the brain

Lucy Mangan: There are not many victories for common sense in this world - I can't remember the last time I broke out the, "Y'see, I bloody knew it! Didn't I bloody tell you?!" bunting, but I think it might be time to celebrate once more