Why have breakfast? You asked Google – here’s the answer

Every day millions of internet users ask Google life’s most difficult questions, big and small. Our writers answer some of the commonest queries

A thirst for raising money – 10 days on the H2Only challenge

Every year the Royal National Lifeboat Institution challenges people to go 10 days drinking only water – no coffee, juice, squash or smoothies. How hard could it be?

Snap, crackle and filth – let kids eat dirt

Could it be that we have been making our children sick by being too clean?

Revealed: one in seven UK takeaways have failed food hygiene tests

More than 7,000 takeaways and 8,000 restaurants have not passed inspections, with huge hygiene disparities nationwide

Burger King and KFC called out for lagging behind on antibiotic-free meat

A new report grades fast food chains on their efforts to curb the rise of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, which kills 700,000 people worldwide each year

Deliciously Stella: the Instagram sensation serving up raw Kinder eggs on avo-toast

Nauseated by a world of nut butters and cauli pizzas, comedian Bella Younger began a fightback against the clean-eating fanatics

What actually is the Mediterranean diet – and does it work?

Hard to define, but famously good for us, this way of eating is far from universally followed even in the countries it came from

The truth about superfoods

How hipster is seaweed? Are avocados actually a disaster for the environment? Do goji berries really make you live for ever? We examine the evidence

The Tories must tackle the real cause of obesity: inequality

Fat is a class issue. Most of the seriously obese are poor. Offer a diet of self-esteem, good jobs and social status, and the pounds will fall away

Seven ‘healthy’ foods with high levels of sugar

Many products that are seen as healthy often contain large amounts of the sweet stuff