Are vegetables overrated?

This week five brothers claimed to have made it into their 80s despite never having eaten any veg. So is the five-a-day rule just health-nut nonsense? Laura Barton investigates.

Is five a day enough?

While we Brits struggle to meet our fruit and vegetable quota, in Japan they aim for an astonishing 17 portions daily. But who is right? And what counts anyway? Luke Waterson reports.

Superfoods – now with added taste!

They're ultra-nutritious, but do the likes of quinoa and seaweed really have to be so dull? Not if you use some imagination, says Feargus O'Sullivan.

Healthy food – in less than 30 minutes

Eating properly needn't mean hours in the kitchen. To conclude our series on the way we eat, cookery guru Silvana Franco tells Helen Pidd that the secret is to keep things simple.