Should I eat less fruit?
We have always been told that fruit is good for us, but some new research may make you look twice at your breakfast grapefruit
How to choose a healthier cheese
Oliver Thring: Salt is essential to making good cheese, but new research reveals the levels can be worryingly high – so how do you select a healthier slice for your sandwich?
Alcohol at 40p, 45p or 50p a unit to be Cameron choices for minimum price
Widespread public opposition to curbing cheap booze sales by penalising moderate drinkers
The ‘nutrition gap’ between Britain’s rich and poor is vast – and wicked
Ian Jack: The gulf between people's diets is worse today than it was when George Orwell wrote The Road to Wigan Pier in 1936. However complex the reasons, the fact is shocking
Why seaweed is the natural choice
Oliver Thring: The granting of England's first licence to sell seaweed is most welcome. This delicious substance is highly nutritious
Britain in nutrition recession as food prices rise and incomes shrink
Families filling up on high-fat processed foods as 900,000 fewer in two years manage 'five-a-day' fruit and vegetables
Coconut water: all it’s cracked up to be?
Coconut water contains natural sugars and some important vitamins and minerals, but is it the wonder tonic the hype suggests? Katy Salter reports
Should I take fish oil supplements?
Luisa Dillner: The omega-3 fatty acids found in fish may reduce your risk of stroke, but supplements won't help
Should I eat breakfast?
Studies have shown that a good breakfast could hold the key to healthiness
Homespun cures for coughs and colds
What food or drink makes you feel better when you have a cold, and does it matter if it actually works as a cure or whether it's all in the mind?