Modern tribes: the Christmas clean-eater

If you serve Tallulah’s pumpkin, chia and toadstool faux-turkey porridge you’ll be giving your guests the best present of all: the gift of wellbeing’

Everything you ever wanted to know about hangovers (but were too queasy to ask)

The Romans treated hangovers with raw owls’ eggs; the Assyrians went for powdered birds’ beaks. Do any of the ‘miracle cures’ really work?

Should humans drink cow’s milk?

The consumption of cow’s milk is in decline as lactose intolerance does for dairy what gluten intolerance has done to bread. But if you are northern European, you are genetically modified to consume milk

Medical Medium: Life-Changing Foods by Anthony William – digested read

John Crace boils down a miraculous food plan that promises to heal through a divine voice – and radishes

Childhood obesity linked to irregular sleep and skipping breakfast

Study challenges view that soaring childhood obesity rates are caused solely by eating too much

Good eggs: the health news that vindicated my 25-a-week habit

Not long ago, people thought eggs were full of salmonella and cholesterol. Now scientists say one a day could help prevent strokes. One a day? That’s nowhere near enough, writes one confirmed enthusiast (whatever Edwina Currie tells her)