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THE THEORY: Believe social media hype and celery in a glass can nix everything from stressed skin to a bloated tum, by supporting the gut. But dietitian Leanne Ward isn’t convinced. “There is no evidence in humans linking celery juice consumption to

It seems with every passing year that there is new advice about what is healthy to eat, and what is not. Some of this advice comes from well-intentioned but unqualified people promoting the latest ‘fad diet’. These fad diets are usually based on the

Coconut oil has high levels of saturated fats, just the way we like it in the LCHF lifestyle. As part of a BBC documentary, LCHF advocate and author Dr Michael Mosley conducted a study on 94 people to track the effects of butter, olive oil and coconu

Racking up 10,000 steps a day is seen as the holy grail of wellness, though one Harvard University researcher says we may not need nearly that many to reap the benefits. Professor I-Min Lee observed the daily step totals and mortality rates of more t

The fact is, constant grazing is one of the main reasons health experts think that we have an obesity problem. And our obsession with snacking has spawned a multimillion-pound industry that encourages us to eat even more between meals. Try to stick t

Barely a day goes by without a shock headline making us question our dietary habits. Just when we’ve cleared the cupboard of one supposedly ‘bad’ food, it wings its way back up onto the ‘good’ list. We’ve sorted fact from fiction with the help of nut

It’s easy to get hung up on fat content when it comes to dairy products, especially if you’re watching your calories. So which is best for your health and your waistline: full-fat or reduced-fat? In the past couple of decades fat has been marketed a

There has been much debate as to which nutrients make us sick and fat: Is it carbohydrates? Or is it fat? The general consensus within the scientific community for much of the last few decades has been that we should limit our total fat and saturated

CARLA OATESis a natural beauty expert and the author of Feeding Your Skin. Low-fat, high-carbohydrate diets have been prescribed since the 1950s based on bad science that linked saturated fat and raised cholesterol levels with heart disease. Confusin

Coconut oil was once damned by health authorities for being a saturated fat. But research over the past decade has discounted the notion that saturated fat causes heart disease, and coconut oil—a textbook example of a healthy saturated fat—is having

A new study exonerates dairy fats as a cause of early death, even as low-fat products continue to be misperceived as healthier.

If you’ve ever been on the internet, you’ve noticed that some things are popular, and other things aren’t. The popular ones have something in common. It’s not quality, or importance, or accuracy, but novelty. An example of this is Moby-Dick. It’s a t

Show of hands: who began 2021 aiming to eat better than they did in 2020? In theory, it shouldn’t be too hard given how 2020 turned out. Indeed, the Covid Kai Survey, in which the eating behaviour of more than 3000 people was analysed during the seve

1 LOW-FAT OR FULL-FAT DAIRY? For people who have high cholesterol or heart disease, low-fat dairy products are often recommended. Low-fat dairy products contain fewer kilojoules than full-fat varieties, but keep an eye on sugar content, too, especial

Question: I love avocados and know they contain good oils. But should we limit how many we eat? Answer: Avocados are a delicious, nutritious food, though not without their risks, judging by the number of avocado-related knife injuries. Curiously, the

Many of us are guilty of slathering a slice of toast with butter or indulging in a cheeseboard, and with the holidays fast approaching, it can feel harder than ever to make smart choices. Foods high in saturated fat increase cholesterol, leading to a

The key to losing weight has been debated for years. Should we go low carb, low protein or low sugar? Research published in the scientific journal Cell Metabolism suggests that weight gain is linked specifically to dietary fat levels, not to protein

Here’s what you need to know to work out the best spread for you — and your choice may be influenced by how you‘ll use it. Many margarine spreads are made from liquid vegetable oils. They can often include sunflower (polyunsaturated fat) or canola (

1 Use extra-virgin olive oil in place of margarine. 2 Keep your saturated fat intake low. 3 Limit intake of processed meat. 4 Check your vitamin D levels are in normal range. 5 Keep your alcohol intake to a minimum. 6 Aim to exercise daily for a

Q For years, we’ve been taught to fear fat, and that fat will make us unhealthy. Is this still the case? Nutrition science is undergoing a seismic shift. Whereas it once focused mainly on nutrients, it has now become much more food-focused. The sim

High in protein and low in saturated fat, tofu is an excellent source of immune-boosting selenium – this, along with the vitamin E in sesame oil, helps to protect against cancer. Sesame oil is rich in healthy unsaturated fats and also a useful non-da

You already know that trans fat is a diet no-no, but should you also avoid saturated fats? “The science around these fats is mixed, but most experts recommend you get no more than 10% of your total daily calories from them,” says McDaniel. Well-estab

With eggs, it’s more about how you cook them and what you eat them with, rather than the egg itself, which increases your risk of high cholesterol. For example, the fat you cook them in and the bacon and sausages you might add to the meal, will be fu

Swap animal fats, palm and coconut oil for unsaturated fats, such as rapeseed, olive or sunflower oils, nuts, seeds and oily fish. Healthier options include nuts instead of crisps, and low-fat milk and vegetable spreads instead of butter. For lower-