Blog
We are passionate about all things nutrition and health from farm to fork. In our blog below you’ll find some thoughts, news and reports from our core team as well as our specialist network and partners. Each focuses on current hot topics and issues in food nutrition and health. Enjoy and please do share and comment.
Can specific foods provide health benefits?
This month, the British Medical Journal published a review on dietary patterns and chronic disease prevention. It aimed to answer questions including whether specific foods actually provide health benefits.
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Folic acid in pregnancy – what’s new and what’s next?
The latest National Diet and Nutrition Survey (NDNS) highlighted that 91% of women of childbearing age (16 to 49 years) in the UK have folate levels that are too low, increasing the risk of foetal Neural Tube Defects such as spina bifida. What can be done?
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The links between diet, nutrition, physical activity and cancer
One in two people in the UK will be affected by cancer at some point in their lives. The important new expert report by the World Cancer Research Fund has been published, evaluating the links between diet, nutrition, physical activity and cancer.
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Sugar Reduction Programme – PHE one year progress report
This week, Public Health England (PHE) published their first assessment on the government’s sugar reduction programme. Have targets been hit?
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Is the advice on saturated fat finally clear?
With debate over the years as to whether saturated fat is bad for you, we’re very pleased to see the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN) draft review into saturated fat published this week.
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Protein & energy balls: A Nutrilicious health check
The ‘clean eating’ and protein trends have spawned a new type of snack – energy and protein balls. But behind the obvious hype, do they offer any real nutritional health benefits?
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Coffee in pregnancy: Nutrilicious news digest
This week in the news there are reports on whether coffee consumption in pregnancy could increase the chances of having an overweight child.
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Fruit juice and sugar: the truth?
The new sugar tax on soft drinks excludes fruit juices, as they are legally labelled as having ‘no added sugar’. With child obesity levels ever-increasing, especially among lower socio-economic groups, this worries us.
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Will the new sugar tax work?
This month, the much anticipated sugar tax came into force in the UK. So what it is, why was it introduced and – most importantly – will it have any impact? The tax Soft drinks companies are now required to pay a levy on drinks with certain levels of added sugar: 18p...
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Can nuts and seeds reduce the risk of premature death?
The media picked up on a study suggesting that eating foods such as nuts and seeds could cut the risk of premature death by up to half.
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