Flying high: kids in the UK are wild about energy drinks – but how harmful are they?

UK children consume energy drinks at a higher rate than kids in any other country in Europe - with a fifth of three-10-year-olds having them regularly. Is this a health risk, or no worse than coffee?

Can an apple cider vinegar a day keep the doctor away?

Sales have soared as ‘clean eaters’ hail the health benefits of the kitchen cupboard staple

Want stronger, healthier sperm? Eat your nuts

Snacking on nuts was shown to increase the number and quality of the sperm men produced

How do I get a six-pack? You asked Google – here’s the answer

Every day millions of people ask Google life’s most difficult questions. Personal trainer Emma Oko answers this one

Scottish government plans restrictions on sugary and fatty foods

Ministers’ plans to tackle obesity in some cases go further than health ministers in England

Giorgio Locatelli: ‘I don’t see the line between working and not working’

The Michelin-starred chef on the importance of naps, the downside of having to taste everything and relaxing in Puglia

Raymond Blanc: ‘A head chef threw a copper pan in my face and broke my jaw’

The chef, 68, on his favourite park, relaxing around a table and how he knew he’d make it

Grace Dent: ‘The processed food debate is delicious, MSG-sprinkled class war’

Healthy-food campaigners may be sincere, but they do not know the pure joy of a Birds Eye potato waffle or Mint Viennetta

Why you’re probably a ‘reducetarian’ – and you may not even know it

Messages about healthy eating have prompted 40% of us to cut down on the amount of meat and dairy we consume – often without realising we’re doing it

Chinese restaurant syndrome: has MSG been unfairly demonised?

The additive monosodium glutamate has been blamed for everything from headaches to chest pain. Now, some chefs, including Heston Blumenthal, are saying that’s nonsense