Nutrition

Health

Is it time to stop using Body Mass Index as a diagnostic tool?

Elissar Gerges -
Body Mass Index, or BMI, is still widely employed as a health indicator, even though its usefulness is extremely limited, and demographically inaccurate
Health

MSG and the Chinese Restaurant Syndrome: the persistence of a nutritional myth

Elissar Gerges -
Fears around "Chinese Restaurant Syndrome" and MSG are based on a letter to the New English Journal of Medicine... later revealed to be a hoax
Nutrition

Say cheese: we shouldn’t listen to scaremongering about oestrogen and dairy

Alice Howarth -
Despite much scaremongering, there's no truth to the claims that cheese contains harmful levels of oestrogen or other hormones
Nutrition

Grain-free diets in dogs: a recipe for heartbreak?

Robyn Lowe -
Grain-free feeding has grown in popularity in recent years, but few owners are aware of the risk these diets can present to a dog's cardiovascular health
Health

Dread not chilli peppers: dispelling spicy food myths and misconceptions

Alice Howarth -
Lovers of spicy food will almost certainly have been subjected to some of these myths about the humble chili pepper
Alternative Medicine

A rotten apple spoils the barrel: the fad of drinking apple cider vinegar to lose weight

Claire George -
Apple cider vinegar is often promoted for weight loss, yet the studies show there's no miraculous benefit to drinking the acidic juice.
Alternative Medicine

Aaron Rodgers is just the latest in a long line of sports stars touting health nonsense

Brian Eggo -
When Green Bay Packers’ quarterback Aaron Rodgers hit the headlines with his vaccine misinformation, he joined the sporting pseudoscience hall of fame
Nutrition

Do we really need supplements? A skeptic’s guide to micronutrients

Pixie Turner -
While most nutritional supplements are probably not worth your time and money, not everything on the vitamin shelf should be dismissed
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