Why bingeing on health foods won’t boost your immune system
There are only two ways the human body can deal with invading pathogens and infections – and neither involves vitamins or ‘superfoods’
Sweet nightmares: a guide to cutting down on sugar
Sugar is making us fatter and sicker. Yet we still don’t realise how much we’re eating. As the UK government considers imposing a tax, we look at how to cut down without missing out. Plus: alternative recipes
Is bacon dangerous? The science behind food trends
Is fat really bad for you? Should we consume less salt? And what’s wrong with gluten, anyway? A science writer and a consultant cardiologist separate fact from fiction
The chefs’ guide to life: how I recovered from drug addiction
Phil Howard, the chef and co-owner of The Square, Mayfair on life and work after quitting crack cocaine
Dieting? Calorie-counting? Four of the best food-tracking apps
How MyFitnessPal, Lose It, Noom Coach and HAPIcoach could help you towards healthier eating habits in 2016
Link calories to minutes of exercise on food labels, says health body
Royal Society of Public Health issues sample packaging showing stick men jogging alongside number of calories
I teach healthy eating, yet still can’t resist fries and giant cookies
As a nutrition professor in the US I should be a shining example for my binge-eating students – but maybe we’ll have to learn to love kale chips together
#eatclean in 2016? No. Let’s eat black pudding
Britain’s delicious blood sausages have at last been recognised by genuine scientists as a superfood. Here’s three recipes to get you started
CEO of Kind bars plays nice while fighting for new food label rules
Daniel Lubetzky tries to live up to his company’s name while petitioning the FDA to allow the snack bars to feature the word “healthy”
Does pasta make you fat? Eight food myths busted
Joanna Blythman looks beyond the hype at the biggest food trends of the year