Features

Is vinegar the ultimate functional food?

A new comprehensive review shows that fermented vinegar made from from a variety of grains and fruits is a healthy and important functional food.

Children’s favourite fruits contain residues of multiple pesticides

Year upon year, the proportion of food that contains residues from multiple pesticides is increasing and kids are uniquely vulnerable to this contamination.

How a lack of sleep affects your brain – and personality

Feeling tired? Not quite yourself? Here’s what’s happening inside your head when you don’t get enough sleep.

Feel the heat – the benefits of a sauna

Taking a regular sauna can help boost circulation and immunity and speed the elimination of toxins from the body. Here’s what you need to know about making a sauna part of your regular routine.

How to unlock your inner resilience

We all have it in us to be strong and courageous, but it’s not an infinite well. To maintain your resilience, give yourself time to ‘reboot’ and recover.

Dates – more than just a sweet treat

Dates, which are actually the berries of the date palm tree, provide a wide range of essential nutrients.

Trendy foods should come with a recipe for sustainability

Our appetite for avocados – and other ‘trendy’ healthy foods – affects more than just our choice of sandwich filling.

Manuka honey makes bacteria less resistant to antibiotics

Research is showing that humble, natural manuka honey could yet become one of the more powerful weapons in our medical arsenal.

Fantastic fungi – the nutritional and medicinal benefits of mushrooms

Mushrooms have nutritional as well as medicinal benefits. Here’s our rundown of some of the most interesting and promising varieties.

Green beans: why pulses are the eco-friendly option for feeding – and saving – the world

Pulses are an eco-friendly, and nourishing source of vegetable-based protein so why are they still so ignored in the diets of the so-called civilised West?