Yesterday
How we overcooked the vegan business boom
Consumer tastes are changing – back to a weekly steak as more vegans understand the importance of protein – but have we really lost our appetite for fake meat?
- Eleanor Steafel
This Month
Eight Christmas treats experts would cancel, and the healthier options
The average Briton eats an extra 2410 calories every day over the festive period, consuming up to 6000 calories on the main day alone. Don’t be like them.
- Laura Kilner
Why it’s good to be slightly overweight when you’re older
A report says that the over-65s can afford to carry a bit more meat on their bones. In fact, an extra pound or two is positively healthy.
- Jenny Tucker
November
Why counting calories is still the only way to lose weight
It might be an old-fashioned method, but let’s face it, there’s an obesity epidemic. Here’s how to start keeping track.
- Polly Dunbar
Eight steps to have the body of someone six years younger
The key measures, known as Life’s Essential 8, can slow ageing to live longer and healthier, scientists say.
- Joe Pinkstone
October
The truth about apple cider vinegar and weight loss
It’s been endorsed by celebrities such as Kim Kardashian, Katy Perry and Victoria Beckham. But there are downsides, and it may not be as effective as you think.
- Sam Rice
Here’s why you should eat your veg first – but chips and bread last
Scientists have discovered the order in which you consume foods can improve blood sugar levels, make you feel fuller and may even help with weight loss.
- Anahad O'Connor
What makes you fatter – office life, or WFH?
An exercise app tracked 2000 hybrid workers, comparing their activity while working from home with a typical day at the workplace. The results may surprise you.
- Jack Rear
September
‘He didn’t mean you’: Manager to staff at Gurner’s wellness business
Staff at the Rich Lister’s anti-ageing network Saint Haven have been told comments about “arrogance” in the employment market were “in no way directed at our teams”.
- Mark Di Stefano
Five ways to stop feeling so hungry, according to science
If you’ve ever compulsively finished a packet of biscuits or box of chocolates, you’ll know that the drive to eat is not simply about staving off starvation.
- Boudicca Fox-Leonard
August
The thin line between extreme wellness and illness
The deaths of wellness influencers shows how disordered eating is being promoted as a path to better health.
- Melissa Twigg
How much water should you really drink in a day?
Europeans and Americans have very different views on the subject, and even experts say it’s difficult to measure an acceptable amount to stay hydrated.
- Jessica Roy
July
Why being ‘veganish’ will lower your cholesterol
It doesn’t have to be all or nothing when it comes to what you eat – there is an 80:20 approach to eating meat.
- Boudicca Fox-Leonard
Secrets of the super-agers, who stay razor sharp in their 80s
Scientists have studied a group of “super-agers”, aged 80 and above, who have the memory and cognition of people at least 20-30 years younger. Here’s what they found.
- Jill Margo
June
How this CEO lost nearly 10kg
Rolf Weber, who runs meal kit provider Marley Spoon, skips breakfast and has reduced his alcohol intake.
- Sally Patten
When wellness skipped woke and went nuclear
How can you live longer without experiencing the symptoms of old age? Cash. And lots of it. And there’s a $10 trillion sector itching to help.
- Julie Hare
- Opinion
- Opinion
The science of food isn’t credible
Academic studies of sweeteners, coffee, chocolate, wine and fad diets often have structural problems that mean they can’t be trusted.
- Anupam Jena and Christopher Worsham
How almost all of your food choices became ultra-processed
Engineered to trick taste buds and appetites, artificially produced consumables are ruining your health and damaging children. But who will fight the industry?
- Sophie McBain
Golfer Bryson DeChambeau: ‘My diet was cutting my life short’
His regimen was working and he was stronger than he’d ever been, but there was one major issue with what he was eating.
- James Corrigan
May
- Explainer
- Wellness
How top professionals are using nudge theory for self-improvement
Nudge theory, used by governments and corporations to direct consumer behaviour, can also be used at a personal level, for self-improvement.
- Sally Patten
