How we learned to love the beetroot
A few years ago, you could only find it drowned in vinegar at the back of your gran's pantry. Now it's the best thing since kale and pomegranates
Fussy eaters – how to get your child to try nutritious food
Amy Fleming: While it's clearly important to supervise your children's diet, the trick is to be as covert about it as possible
Do I need to eat more fibre?
Luisa Dillner: Few of us consume the amount of dietary fibre recommended by nutritionists and there appear to be plenty of health benefits if we up our intake
How sports science is changing the way the London Marathon is run
Better kit, better training and better nutrition are all playing a part in the faster finishing times now being recorded
How to eat more greens: just add mayonnaise
Rachel Cooke: Seven-a-day has replaced five-a-day. If you can't face a mountain of fruit and veg, here's the answer. It's delicious, if not quite so healthy …
Can resveratrol – the ‘wonder chemical’ in red wine – live up to the hype?
Corrinne Burns: With purported activity against cardiac disease, cancer and even ageing, the pressure on resveratrol to deliver is enormous
What to eat in the three days before running the London marathon
Athlete and cook Kate Percy offers a foodie guide to the crucial few days leading up to the London marathon and suggests the ideal pre-race supper for the night before and pre-race breakfast
London marathon: the perfect pre-race breakfast – recipe
Porridge with blueberries, toasted walnuts and honey will fire you up for the big day
London marathon: the perfect pre-race evening meal – recipe
Rigatoni with butternut squash, pancetta & thyme is a highly nutritious and low GI pasta dish that will fuel you up and supercharge you for the big day
How a child’s food preferences begin in the womb
Tests have shown that what a woman eats during her pregnancy is easily detectable in her amniotic fluid, and the foetus develops a taste for familiar flavours