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8 March 2017 - MedicalXpress - Chinese famine data shows no long-term health effects except for schizophrenia

7 March 2017 - The Conversation - Do smaller plates make you eat less? No, Channel 4's Food Unwrapped gets it wrong

7 March 2017 - MedicalXpress - The deadly impact of a poor diet: study

7 March 2017 - MedicalXpress - Low vitamin E in mothers can up asthma risk in offspring

7 March 2017 - MedicalXpress - Caffeine boosts enzyme that could protect against dementia, study finds

7 March 2017 - MedicalXpress - Sulforaphane, a phytochemical in broccoli sprouts, ameliorates obesity

6 March 2017 - The Conversation - How diets high in sugar and saturated fat could be harming your brain

A lot of research has been conducted to establish the risks that a high energy diet – high in saturated fat and sugar – poses to our health. The most common known results of such diets include obesity, heart disease and diabetes, but research suggests that a diet high in fat and sugar can also have a significant impact on our cognition – the way we learn, remember, and think.

6 March 2017 - MedicalXpress - How mood and eating behaviour are connected

How do food and emotions link? Which emotions lead to overeating? International research groups examine the eating habits of healthy and bulimic individuals.

6 March 2017 - Medical Daily - Omega-3 Fatty Acids Could Minimize Air Pollution Damage, Says New Study

Air Pollution Causes 7 Million Deaths Per Year Says WHO. So how can omega-3 help?

8 March 2017 - The Conversation - We need to do something about prison diets for pregnant women

3 March 2017 - Nutraingedients - Gut bacteria impacts intestine and behaviour in IBS patients

Gut bacteria appears to alter intestinal as well as behavioural patterns in irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) patients in a discovery that points to the strength of microbiota-directed therapies.

28 Feb 2017 - Eurekalert - Did seaweed make us who we are today?

28 February 2017 - The Guardian - Everything you need to know about vitamin B12 deficiency

27 February 2017 - Nutraingredients - Lychee and Alzheimer’s: Saponins boost rats’ cognitive function 'almost as effectively as drug'

25 February 2017 - MedXpress - Dietary prebiotics improve sleep, buffer impacts of stress, says study

24 February 2017 - The Guardian - Meet the people who eat 10 portions of fruit and vegetables a day

24 February 2017 - MedXpress - Effects of a poor diet during pregnancy may be reversed in female adolescent offspring

24 February 2017 - Nutraingredients - Experts make the case for European vitamin D fortification strategy

23 February 2017 - The Guardian - Forget five a day, eat 10 portions of fruit and veg to cut risk of early death

Five portions of fruit and veg a day is good for you, but 10 is much better and could prevent up to 7.8 million premature deaths worldwide every year, say scientists.

23 February 2017 - BBC News - Fruit and veg: For a longer life eat 10-a-day

Eating loads of fruit and vegetables - 10 portions a day - may give us longer lives, say researchers. The study, by Imperial College London, calculated such eating habits could prevent 7.8 million premature deaths each year.