Having high cholesterol can greatly increase your risk of various health conditions including heart attack, stroke and developing dangerous blood clot...
There's nothing like some good old comfort food to boost your mood when you're feeling down. Homemade shepherd's pie or bangers and mash can provide a...
If you're anything like HuffPost UK Lifestyle, mid-afternoon is the time of day to get your serious snack on. At approximately 3pm our tummies star...
With an obesity crisis looming in the UK, the negative health effects of fizzy drinks have been well documented. Earlier this week it was revealed...
Green tea and coffee both reduce the risk of strokes, especially those caused by bleeding in the brain, a study has found. Scientists questioned mo...
In the UK, as the obesity rates soar and healthcare costs rise, the government is contemplating putting a "fat tax" on food in England. Will this succeed in encouraging people to make healthy choices or will it drive them to buy cheaper, lower quality foods?
Every year billions of farm animals are raised in inhumane conditions all over the world. Welfare standards vary widely from country to country. Farm animals are often reared in conditions which do not allow them to express natural behaviour; they are pushed to their physiological limits, suffer mutilations and confinement and are kept in overcrowded conditions.
As anyone who has ever lived in Halls will know, a decent proportion of students and young people consume ready meals and frozen meat on a regular basis. It may not bother many to think that the beef burger they ate may have contained other meats aside from beef, but what else could - or already has - happened?
Laws limiting the amount of sugar, salt and fat in food should be considered, a leading Labour politician has urged. Andy Burnham, the shadow healt...
There is no point training so hard if the food you put in your mouth is all wrong. A staggering 80% of the body composition is down to what you eat and with this in mind, I have started to take extreme note of what is in my shopping market.
More children are going to school hungry due to a lack of money and interest from parents in providing a decent breakfast, research has suggested. ...
David Cameron has been criticised for eating too much junk food by an American medical association, who believe the PM is spotted all too often stuffi...
This is not another list of New Year detox tips, promise! These are some useful tips to help you stay healthy in winter, it's just a coincidence we are sharing them with you in early January, so you might find them particularly useful right now.
Schools are being urged to compete with local takeaways by offering special meal deals in a bid to encourage more pupils to eat healthy lunches. Mi...
