What’s wrong with Gillian McKeith

For years, 'Dr' Gillian McKeith has used her title to sell TV shows, diet books and herbal sex pills. Now the Advertising Standards Authority has stepped in. Yet the real problem is not what she calls herself, but the mumbo-jumbo she dresses up as scientific fact, says Ben Goldacre.

‘DNA diets’ under the microscope

Scientists are warning internet users about web-based companies which offer tailored diets to counter genetic vulnerability to certain cancers and other illnesses. Some sites are charging up to £1,000 for genetic testing and a dietary plan. But top scientists in the emerging field say the claims of some websites are "pie in the sky".

Vitamin D may help to curb breast cancer, say scientists

Vitamin D - manufactured by the skin in response to sunlight - may have a role to play in fighting breast cancer, scientists say today.

Omega-3, junk food and the link between violence and what we eat

Research with British and US offenders suggests nutritional deficiencies may play a key role in aggressive bevaviour.

Delayed: the food study that could cut prison violence by ‘up to 40%’

The Home Office has been accused of delaying new research that aims to reduce violence by 40% in Britain's overcrowded prisons by improving prisoners' nutrition.

Overeating by obese people is like drug addiction, brain research finds

· Study offers new insight into weight problems· Compulsion to eat driven by emotion, say scientists

Mass medication with Omega 3 would wipe out global fish stocks

Our children need their fatty acids, but after we have fed our stocks to cattle and pigs there simply aren't enough left, says George Monbiot

Throw away your Omega 3!

Sarah Boseley: Another wonder supplement bites the dust.

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