Why bingeing on health foods won’t boost your immune system

There are only two ways the human body can deal with invading pathogens and infections – and neither involves vitamins or ‘superfoods’

High carb or high fat? The running diet debate

For years it’s been accepted that high carbs are needed to sustain performance. But is it really true, or should we be turning to fats instead?

Is bacon dangerous? The science behind food trends

Is fat really bad for you? Should we consume less salt? And what’s wrong with gluten, anyway? A science writer and a consultant cardiologist separate fact from fiction

Dieting? Calorie-counting? Four of the best food-tracking apps

How MyFitnessPal, Lose It, Noom Coach and HAPIcoach could help you towards healthier eating habits in 2016

Link calories to minutes of exercise on food labels, says health body

Royal Society of Public Health issues sample packaging showing stick men jogging alongside number of calories

I teach healthy eating, yet still can’t resist fries and giant cookies

As a nutrition professor in the US I should be a shining example for my binge-eating students – but maybe we’ll have to learn to love kale chips together

#eatclean in 2016? No. Let’s eat black pudding

Britain’s delicious blood sausages have at last been recognised by genuine scientists as a superfood. Here’s three recipes to get you started

CEO of Kind bars plays nice while fighting for new food label rules

Daniel Lubetzky tries to live up to his company’s name while petitioning the FDA to allow the snack bars to feature the word “healthy”

Black pudding praised as a ‘superfood’ alongside seaweed and kohlrabi

MuscleFood claims black pudding – low in carbohydrates, high in protein – has become a ‘buzzword in clean eating’

Food supplements prey on people’s desire for change

People looking for a new year boost buy into the transformational message of food supplements – it’s easier than believing that we can change ourselves