Ho ho hold back … why you should go easy on the festive booze this year
Christmas without a drink is more or less unthinkable, but excess is a real danger. So how much alcohol is safe? And can it ever be good for you?
David Davis’s ignorance: now that’s what I call health and safety madness
Austerity has already driven a coach and horses through environmental standards – and we haven’t even got to the Brexit cliff edge yet, writes the Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
Is eating too quickly bad for your health?
Gulping down breakfast or lunch has long been thought unhealthy, but is there any evidence that eating your food too fast causes real harm?
Five-a-day eating targets ‘will be unaffordable for millions after Brexit’
Thinktank says consumption of fruit and vegetables could be hit by exchange rates, tariffs and higher labour costs
Only one in 10 Americans eat enough fruits and vegetables, CDC study finds
Only 12% meet the daily fruit recommendation and 9% the vegetable recommendation, and people living in poverty have especially low rates
High street lunch meal deals ‘can contain up to 30 teaspoons of sugar’
Health group criticises retailers including WH Smith, Tesco and Morrisons for mix and match deals containing calorific snacks
Should I avoid drinking in front of my children?
A new report suggests that young people are aware of their parents’ drinking – and it may well have an impact on their relationship with alcohol. So should you keep booze out of the family home?
The joy of eggs – how ‘nature’s multivitamin’ shook off the scare stories
Decades of dud healthy-eating guidance sent the humble egg into nutritional exile. But with new advice about runny yolks suggesting that salmonella in raw eggs is a thing of the past, it’s time to lick the cake bowl again
Egg safety – we’ve cracked it, food watchdog tells Britons
Pregnant women, infants and elderly people told it is now safe for them to eat runny or even raw British eggs
Think you’re too smart to be taken in by silly food labels? Think again
The bakery that tried to list ‘love’ as a granola ingredient may not have got away with it, but elsewhere dubious and confusing labelling is rife – and it is ruining our diets