The famous saying goes “you are what you eat”, but in light of recent research, it appears that there may be more to this statement. Instead, it turns out that when you eat may be equally important as what you eat. Scientists recently found that regular eating times and extending the daily fasting period may …

With the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics just hours away, it is rather fitting that the British Medical Journal (BMJ) recently published an article questioning the need for sports drinks during exercise. For years we have heard about the importance of staying hydrated, and particularly the importance of athletes maintaining hydration for better …

I recently moved back to the United States, and one of the things I was looking forward to before I arrived was the food. Moving to the South, where it’s all about fried food and barbeque, believe it or not, I was looking forward to eating all the fried goodness I could get my hands …

It’s that time of the year again when we’re all starting to get ready for the summer holidays. Healthy eating is not typically one of the first things we think about when going on holiday. Instead, we tend to remember it when we get back home and we realise our clothes don’t quite fit the …

Once again, there has recently been a bit of a buzz around the topic of red meat and health. For years it has been a well known fact that eating high amounts of red meat has been associated with an increased risk of several chronic diseases, particularly various types of cancer and heart disease. So …