The Guardian view on the carnivore diet: red meat for influencers, but bad news for health

Editorial: A fad for consuming high-protein, high-fat food, while avoiding vegetables, has taken off online. Followers are doing themselves no favours

I’ve been diagnosed with cancer twice in the past 12 months. Here’s what the pamphlets don’t tell you

The hospital gave me a stack of helpful information when I was first diagnosed last Christmas. But they didn’t tell me to bring spare underwear to work

Baby food firms given 18 months to improve quality of products in England

Government issues voluntary guidance calling for less sugar and salt amid concerns over nutritional value

Continuous glucose monitors: should people who don’t live with diabetes be wearing them?

Gwyneth Paltrow and other celebrities and influencers are sporting CGMs, but counting your glucose levels provides little benefit if you don’t have diabetes

We should all be eating 30 different plants a week. I can’t even name that many

There have been times when I have eaten virtually no fruit or vegetables, but at least five-a-day felt achievable. The new ideal seems impossible, writes Zoe Williams

The power of pulses: 15 easy, delicious ways to eat more life-changing legumes

Want to consume more gut-friendly fibre, as well as minerals, vitamins and antioxidants? Like the idea of a more sustainable diet? Here is the answer - and baked beans are only the start

‘Social apnoea’: sleep disorder could worsen at weekends, research suggests

Lifestyle factors such as drinking and smoking could contribute to increased severity of obstructive sleep apnoea

Why do I feel so much worse after a nap – and how can I avoid it?

Waking up from a nap feeling groggy, tired or ill? Experts say it’s common. Here’s what could be going wrong

I thought we’d entered the age of body positivity. Then came ‘shrinking girl summer’ – is everyone getting smaller except me?

It’s been the year of weight-loss drugs, with celebrities seemingly disappearing before our eyes. For those of us left behind, it’s both a torment and a temptation. Spoiler alert: I tried the jabs, too

A moment that changed me: on the day of my first book deal, a mysterious hum overcame me

When the noise started, I entered a state of perpetual panic and despair. It was unstoppable. Then, in the snows of Transylvania, I suddenly came to terms with the sound …