Fast, (or junk), food is very popular, with young children, and adolescents. Frequent consumption of this type of food, is associated with negative impacts, on nutrition and health. Fast food meals usually,

Water is a major and vital constituent of the human body. The average adult’s body is about 60% water, whilst an infant’s is 75% and an elderly person’s 55%. Even a few days without water can be fatal.

It is indisputable that what we eat is critical to our state of health. Nutrients provide the body with the raw materials and instructions on how to function. In other words food is the body’s information

Vitamins, dietary minerals and trace elements are essential to the healthy function of the human body. Vitamins are organic compounds that are vital to, but, not produced by the body, so have to be obtained

Granulated Sugar, which is the most common type of sugar, used for sweetening our cups of tea and coffee, consists of a mixture, 50 percent glucose and 50 percent fructose, (the sugar naturally found in

Dietary supplements have risks and side effects, in the same way that medicines do. Many supplements contain active ingredients that have strong biological effects in the body. This could make them unsafe,

Sweet-tasting “soft” drinks are any beverage to which sugar or other low calorie sweeteners have been added. These include: • Sodas • Colas • Fruit punch • Lemonade and other fruit-flavoured carbonated

Microwave ovens are used daily, in restaurants, cafeterias, snack bars, and almost every household. This is despite the fact, that the full effect of microwaves on food is not fully understood. A recent

Logic would assume that consuming fewer calories would result in weight loss. However, in the case of artificial sweeteners, the paradox is true, it has been shown that they actually cause weight gain.

The smoking process for meat, fish and cheese has been used for centuries in some countries. Its original purpose was for preservation, brought about by drying the food and introducing anti-microbiological

Since plastics were first produced in the early 1900s, they have become ubiquitous in our daily lives. The term “plastic” covers an array of organic, and inorganic compounds. Substances, known as plasticisers,

Fluoride is a mineral, and when present at the right level, it has long been believed to have two beneficial effects: preventing tooth decay and contributing to healthy bones. Adding fluoride to drinking

Plastic materials pervade every area of modern life. It is estimated that during the first ten years of this century, almost as much plastic was manufactured as during the whole of the last century. A

Typically about 50% of calorific intake of the Western diet is from carbohydrates. Wholegrains and dietary fibre are healthy sources of carbohydrate that also contain micronutrients such as Vitamins B

There are two common misconceptions about dietary supplements: firstly that the more the better, and secondly that they can be taken to make up for a poor diet. Research into the value of supplements in

The link between good nutrition and healthy weight, reduced chronic disease risk, and overall mental and physical health is too important to ignore. By taking steps to eating a healthy diet, you'll be

The general perception that organically produced foods provide a more nutritious, safer and healthier option is not necessarily the case. Scientific studies have not produced straightforward, significant

There is no doubt that the number of overweight and obese children is increasing dramatically; (e.g. in the UK school year 2016/2017 more than a 1 in 3 year 6 primary school children were over-weight or

I, (as most in my field) am always banging on (and no doubt always will!) about the health disadvantages of being over- weight so today am going to highlight some personal ones: 1. It is an effort to walk

Contrary to what many people believe very few cancers are hereditary. According to the World Health Organization 85% of adult cancers are avoidable and approximately half of these are due to unhealthy