Drink up your greens
Juicing fruit and veg is all the rage for detox, weight loss and even disease prevention. But how much good does it really do, asks Lucy Atkins.
Publishers aim to pile on the pounds with new diet books
As the obesity crisis deepens, the new year will unleash a slew of books offering the perfect guide to shifting the flab. Here are the titles fighting for your cash ...
What’s your poison?
Many of us would like to believe that different types of alcohol can produce very different effects. If only it were that simple, reports Emine Saner.
Superfoods
Amanda Grant: Cabbages come in a number of guises, including red, savoy and spring. All have a great nutritional benefit, contributing good amounts of vitamin C, beta-carotene, fibre and folic acid to our diet. Dark green cabbages also contain iron.
Obesity epidemic may trigger 12,000 cancer cases a year
Obesity plays a role in nearly 4% of cancers, including breast and womb tumours, and is believed to be linked to others, such as bowel and kidney cancer, researchers warn.
Confessions of an aquaholic
Hadley Freeman: When I was at school people used to buy bottles of water if they were ill or athletes. Now, thanks to the health lobby, a lack of decent healthy alternatives and a general realisation of the convenience, there is not a desk in my office that is not littered with some kind of H2O paraphernalia.
False economy: hidden bill paid by poor for cut-price food
· Watchdog condemns stores for 'backward step'
· Only 35% of low-cost ranges meet salt target
Food good for kids? Fat chance at family restaurants
· Family eateries offer few healthy options - study
· Menus criticised for falling short of new guidelines
Food industry launches challenge to traffic light labelling scheme
· Manufacturers' rival health guidance 'confusing' · Blair had backed colour coding on packaging