Should I go back to saturated fats?
For years they have been blamed for increasing our risk of heart disease, but now it appears that they may not be quite as bad for us as we once thought
Why almost everything you’ve been told about unhealthy foods is wrong
Joanna Blythman: Eggs and red meat have both been on the nutritional hit list – but after a major study last week dismissed a link between fats and heart disease, is it time for a complete rethink?
Life without sugar: one family’s 30-day challenge
Sugar is now at the centre of the battleground between food and health. How easy would it be to cut it out of your diet? Louise Carpenter finds out
‘Make mine a quinoa cappuccino’ – the unstoppable rise of the milk substitute
Sue Quinn: UK sales of non-dairy alternatives have risen by 40% in the last three years, but are they any competition for the real thing?
Messages about reducing sugar intake unclear, say campaigners
New WHO guidelines must be translated into something meaningful to consumers, says director of Action on Sugar
Now we can’t eat protein. What can we eat?
Zoe Williams: This week a new report said that a diet high in animal protein could increase oour chances of dying from cancer or diabetes fourfold. So if protein has joined sugar, fat and carbohydrate in being bad for us, what's left for dinner?
It’s time to kick the high-protein diet habit – before it kills you
Holly Baxter: Veggies, tuck into your hummus with glee – it's now almost impossible to deny that eating too much meat, dairy and eggs is unhealthy
Sugar ‘could be addictive’
Chief medical officer Sally Davies says government should introduce tax on sugar to combat growing menace of obesity
Could mushrooms be the cure for cancer?
Mushrooms are being hailed as a miracle cure for cancer. But can a shiitake stir-fry really work wonders? Matthew Jenkin investigates
Do children really get sugar rushes?
We're quick to blame sugar for our children's hyperactivity and own energy crashes after eating something sweet – but scientific evidence points to a more complex explanation