The Hairy Bikers bring ‘Meals on Wheels’ back

First it was Jamie Oliver with his mission to improve school dinners. Now the Hairy Bikers are on a crusade to revive and improve the Meals on Wheels service by encouraging cooks to ditch dried and frozen foods and prepare fresh, tasty meals instead. They kicked off a new service two years ago in Surrey […]

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‘Frankenfood’ or the answer to sustainable food production?

This week the first cultured beef burger was fried, served and eaten in front of the world’s media and broadcast across the internet. Created by Dr Mark Prost of Maastricht University and the result of two years of research and testing, it cost $325,000 to produce. That’s one very expensive burger! The burger was created

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9 August 2013

How to prepare baby food that’s safe

As the country basks in welcome sunshine and awaits announcement of the new royal baby, here are some important food safety rules to follow when preparing food for babies and toddlers. Babies and toddlers are one of the most vulnerable groups when it comes to illness through cross-contamination of food. This is because their immune

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22 July 2013

National Childhood Obesity – An Alternative view

As it’s National Childhood Obesity Week, Dr Verner Wheelock offers an alternative view on weight loss and obesity. Over 30% of UK children are overweight or obese Fictional characters they may be, but look around at today’s children and there is a very worrying trend towards obesity. According to the latest available figures from the

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Want to be healthier? – Drink more water!

Watching the sailing and the events in the Olympic pool last year got me to thinking about water. It’s something that in the western world we take for granted. If we need to shower or bathe, brush our teeth, wash dishes or clothes, water the plants, clean anything, wash our hands, rinse fruit and vegetables,

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