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?

‘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?

Diets high in meat, eggs and dairy could be as harmful to health as smoking

People under 65 who eat a lot of meat, eggs and dairy are four times as likely to die from cancer or diabetes, study suggests

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

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

The African Chef who is bringing baobab to British kitchens

Zambian cook Malcolm Riley is on a mission to win Brits over to the health and wallet-friendly benefits of African foods, writes Katy Salter

Birth weight is strongly affected by the mother’s own diet as a child

A pregnant woman's diet may have much less effect on her baby's health than what she ate in her own childhood

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