DNA damage from eating red meat linked to cancer
· Harmful compounds raise risk of bowel disease · Volunteers fed diet heavy in beef and pork
Choices, choices: Potatoes
Chips v roast potatoes
Choices, choices
As cider is aerated, it may be absorbed into the blood stream more quickly than beer, and so people will feel the effects of alcohol sooner. But despite minor differences in the mineral content of beer and cider, the two … Continue reading
Choices, choices
Bacon sandwich versus sausage sarnie
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Tuna versus salmon.
A bitter pill to swallow?
As a new study sinks the long-held notion that Vitamin C can ward off colds, David Adam looks at Britain's £350m-a-year supplements market - and asks whether they are actually doing more harm than good.
Never say diet?
Losing weight could increase the risk of dying young, we are told. Margaret McCartney unravels the latest confusing health message.