Health

Sugar is in everything in some way or another. It is in food naturally and also added to food as a sweetener or preservative. Especially in processed, canned or packet foods the amount of sugar (and sodium) are especially high. This is because they need the product to last on a shelf for 12 months and it is often high even in savoury products.

Grape seed extract inhibits the growth of colorectal cancer cells.

Your unique knee-print may be able to identify you as well as fingerprints or DNA.

Emphysema is not curable and can limit your lifestyle although modern medicine can make the disease tolerable and if you are diagnosed early you may even be able to minimize the symptoms. However, the world is in an epidemic of emphysema and chronic bronchitis which make up what is called chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

Spending more of your work day standing can lead to real weight loss.

Eating more fruit and vegetables is likely to make you feel happier.

Did you know that air pollution can cause everything from eye and throat problems to long-term respiratory disease and cancer? Indoor air is 2-5 times more polluted than outdoors and most of us spend about 80 – 90% of our life indoors making us susceptible to these pollutants.

Genetically modified foods are said by some to be the answer to the future, while others see them as putting that future at risk.

What do you do when the thing that brings you the most pleasure also brings pain? Find out how one woman used her source of joy to bring her back to health and happiness.

Keep it simple, keep it sweet and try to enjoy every second. Here’s the ultimate beauty guide for pregnancy, baby and beyond.

Coffee drinkers have a reduced risk of mouth and throat cancer.

Could chewing gum be the new way to get your daily vitamin dose?