Category Archives: Health

Effortlessly Ethical Eating – Bread and Butter

If you want to live doing the most good and least harm possible to our planet but are confused about how, or it all seems too much hard work, then keep reading this series of articles. Continue reading

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12 Ways to save at your supermarket

In June this year, official figures showed that food prices are increasing at their highest rate for 14 years. In fact, the cost of food is rising faster than our incomes. It seems a decade of cheap food is over. Continue reading

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Tesco recalls Prepared Sausage Meals

Tesco has recalled some of its own brand Prepared Sausage Meals because they contain sulphur dioxide, which is not mentioned on the label. This means the products could be a possible health risk for people who are sensitive to sulphites. Continue reading

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Melamine update: novelty products withdrawn

The Food Standards Agency has issued a food alert about novelty food products from China, including chocolate-flavoured ‘willy spread’, containing melamine. Continue reading

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Diary of a Chron’s sufferer #3

Lasping back into Old Habits Continue reading

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Morrisons recalls potato croquettes

Morrisons has recalled its own-brand Frozen Family Favourites Potato Croquettes (750g) because the product might contain pieces of soft blue plastic. The Food Standards Agency has issued a Food Alert for Information. Continue reading

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Tips to increase your dietary fibre

To find out about the best sources of fibre and get plenty of tips on easy, hassle-free ways to boost the amount of fibre you eat, check out this video from nutritionist Jane Clarke. Continue reading

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Jamie’s Ministry of Food is under attack

It seems that the residents of Rotherham are far from pleased with Jamie Oliver’s latest campaign or at least his portrayal of the town’s people. Continue reading

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Free school dinners for Scottish pupils

The Scottish Government has announced, that all pupils will receive free meals in the first three years of primary school. Continue reading

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Jamie’s Ministry of Food

Chef Jamie Oliver is on a mission to get the British population to eat more healthily. His campaign to improve school dinners caused the transformation of the way children are fed at schools across the country. Now he is trying to get the whole town of Rotherham to change the way they eat and learn how to cook. Continue reading

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Koala biscuits withdrawn due to melamine contamination

The Food Standards Agency is alerting the public about a brand of biscuits from China on sale in the UK that have been found to contain low levels of melamine (4.98 mg/kg). Continue reading

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