What a pickle: UK gripped by courgette shortage
Cold and wet weather hits crops in Spain, sending prices soaring and customers bemoaning empty supermarket shelves
Sweetness and blight: the mounting case against sugar
My mantra was: all things in moderation. But as the evidence against sugar mounts, I’m growing anxious. Although I won’t give up fruit…
Give peas a chance: why pea protein is leading the whey
Protein-packed dried and ground yellow split peas are 2017’s first big food trend. Anyone for a piece of pea pizza?
Children consume half of daily sugar quota at breakfast – study
Public Health England launches barcode app after finding that under-10s consume three times the recommended limit
Let them eat nuts: dentists want office ‘cake culture’ to end in 2017
Royal College of Surgeons dental faculty also urges firms to provide fruit and nuts instead of biscuits at meetings
The Case Against Sugar review – an unsweetened attack on diet myths
Gary Taubes’s latest assault on the ruinous effect of sugar on our lives and the promotion of fat-free diets is detailed and compelling
Yo-yo weight gain driven by gut bacteria’s ‘memory’ of obesity, says study
Regaining weight after a diet could be linked to changes in microbiome caused by obesity, not simply a return to bad eating habits
Medical Medium: Life-Changing Foods by Anthony William – digested read
John Crace boils down a miraculous food plan that promises to heal through a divine voice – and radishes
Childhood obesity linked to irregular sleep and skipping breakfast
Study challenges view that soaring childhood obesity rates are caused solely by eating too much
Good eggs: the health news that vindicated my 25-a-week habit
Not long ago, people thought eggs were full of salmonella and cholesterol. Now scientists say one a day could help prevent strokes. One a day? That’s nowhere near enough, writes one confirmed enthusiast (whatever Edwina Currie tells her)