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Mel C reveals drunken Brits ‘scuffle’ with Posh sparked long battles with eating disorders and depression after the Spice Girls’ manager threatened to sack her over offstage clash By Chris Hastings Arts Correspondent For The Mail On Sunday Published: 00:01 GMT, 23 February 2020 | Updated: 00:01 GMT, 23 February 2020 Spice Girl Mel C today … Read more
Diets improve BRAIN as well as body: Cutting back on fat and sugar has a ‘direct relationship’ with good mental health and cognitive function Scientists looked at past research to see how food affected mental health They found there were definite links in some areas and vaguer in others The Mediterranean diet was found to … Read more
Eating a diet of junk food for just one week was enough to damage part of the brain that stops us eating more when we are already full, research suggests. Study participants who ate an abundance of fast food and high-fat milkshakes had increased cravings for more after seven days. They performed worse on cognitive … Read more
Eating a big breakfast could help you burn DOUBLE the amount of calories ‘because it boosts the metabolism more than a large dinner’ A big breakfast could be the key to losing weight, researchers in Germany said Their study found filling up in the morning boosts a metabolism process Diet-induced thermogenesis was shown to be twice … Read more
Eating a Mediterranean diet could help keep the mind sharp and reduce frailty in old age, researchers have found. Retired adults in five countries followed either a diet rich in healthy fats and fruit and vegetables or continued their normal diet for one year. Researchers analysed stool samples and found the Mediterranean-style diet boosted bacteria in the … Read more
Why you should skip BRUNCH: Eating meals later on the weekend ‘could make you gain weight by messing with your body clock’ Eating 3.5 hours later than normal was associated to a BMI that’s 1.3 units higher Biological clocks prepare the metabolism to break down food at specific time When it is caught off-guard, seems … Read more
FDA’s new nutritional labels require food packaging to say how many calories, fats, sugars and carbs are in a ‘serving’ AND the whole container The new food labels will have dual columns, one will nutritional information for one serving and another for the whole packages Manufacturers will also be required to include added sugars on the … Read more
The number of teenagers and young children admitted to hospital for eating disorders has soared in the past decade, alarming figures reveal. Admissions for those aged 18 or under have more than doubled from 1,700 in 2010 to 4,500 last year. Shockingly, the number of admissions for children under 13 has tripled since 2010, rising … Read more
Labelling food and drinks with the amount of exercise needed to burn off the calories inside them encourages healthier choices, research suggests. Scientists worked out that people eat 200 less calories every day when they are exposed to the messages on the packaging. Known as physical activity calorie equivalent or expenditure (PACE), the labels show … Read more
Taylor Swift doesn’t want to eat in the middle of the night – but she does while she’s asleep, the singer revealed Wednesday on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. She seems to suffer from a sleep-related eating disorder, an unusual condition that rouses her from bed and steers her involuntarily to the fridge where she is … Read more