Diet

'The public sector can and should be leading the way on climate and nature-friendly diets'

The Ecologist and the Vegan Society launch an extensive report into attitudes about veganism among our regular readers.

UK greenhouse gas emissions could be cut by up to 8.4 percent a year by swapping red meat to plant-based just once a week.

We need to overhaul what we grow, and how and where we grow it, if we are to make the most of our land and fight climate change.

Ensuring access to plant-based foods in our public institutions could have a long term positive effect on our diets - and the planet too.

Time is running out. More organisations are calling for a decrease in global meat and dairy production and consumption. DOMINIKA PIASECKA, from the Vegan Society, examines how a sustainable vegan diet can contribute to positive change

Restricting foods won't help children learn how to self-regulate, parenting author Sarah Ockwell-Smith tells MARIANNE BROWN. Instead, teach them how to use their instincts, not their emotions.

The Vegan Society today launches its Plate up for the Planet to encourage people to abandon meat and dairy products, for their health, and for the health of the environment, reports LAURA BRIGGS.

With the present state of research we will never find out what we should and should not eat – but, says Colin Tudge, it is hard to improve on ancient wisdom and common sense.

In an extract from her new book What to Eat, investigative journalist Joanna Blythman offers top tips on how to make your food pound go further without scrimping on what you believe in

The West is exporting diabetes and heart disease to poor countries, along with the processed foods that line the shelves of global supermarkets warns UN advisor Olivier De Schutter

Love British Food’s Alexia Robinson talks seasonal eats, New Year’s resolutions and a gastronomic alternative to the Olympics

Processed food is becoming a national favourite but canned sandwiches, cheese that stays fresh for years and ready meals high in salt, sugar and fat come with a worrying health and ecological footprint, reports Sarah Lewis-Hammond

A book by leading biochemist Dr Lawrence Plaskett champions the power of the body to destroy tumours naturally. Why this happens is not always clear but a change of diet and other nutritional and naturopathic measures can aid recovery, says Michael Finucane

Spices don't simply add flavour to your food - they also aid digestion, protect against bacteria and prevent a range of illnesses

BBSRC-funded website backlash against sustainable watchdog’s call to reduce meat consumption

A new report by the Sustainable Development Commission warns that, for the good of our health and the environment, we must reduce our meat and dairy consumption. By how much, asks Louise Parry, in this exclusive audio report

We all carry cancer cells, but we also possess natural defences. Laura Sevier meets Dr David Servan-Schreiber, author of 'Anticancer: A new way of life' to find out more

A child’s food allergies can be terrifying in the first instance, but they shouldn’t mean being sentenced to a lifetime of unexciting food. Matilda Lee offers suggestions for a healthy, tasty, non-allergenic diet

Food scares like Sudan 1 are finally encouraging Britons to take a more Gallic interest in what they eat

Study shows drinkers of diet drinks 34 percent more likely to suffer from disease.

Sleep deprivation is a worse malaise than most people realise. Pat Thomas explains some of its causes, effects and remedies

Over 1,000 juvenile delinquents showed a 44 per cent drop in antisocial behaviour when put on a low sugar diet. So why is the government completely ignoring what we are feeding our children, and yet is happy to spend £2,500 on administering each ASBO?

For the last several months, newspapers in Britain have been overflowing with reports that vitamins are bad for our health. The most recent and most damaging of these concerns the supposed discovery, given worldwide publicity, that vitamin C can clog the arteries. Lynne McTaggart deciphers the medical truth