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The invisible force making food less nutritious
In 1988, the chickpeas and rice in this curry were part of a well-balanced meal — a serving of each provided a plethora of essential nutrients, including roughly 22 percent of the zinc a person needs to consume each day. Today, the very same…
Turning Up the Volume on Food Noise
Posted May 3, 2026 | Reviewed by Jessica Schrader Food noise is gaining awareness among both scientists and the general public. GLP-1 medicines have revealed a new biological understanding of food noise symptoms. There are at least two distinct…
Food prices set to rise by 50% on start of cost-of-living crisis by November
UK food prices are on track to be 50% higher by November compared to levels at the start of the cost-of-living crisis in mid-2021, according to research. The “grim milestone” would mean that the price growth seen in the nearly 20…
The Guardian view on unhealthy Britain: from housing to junk food, there are solutions | Editorial
The two-year decline in healthy life expectancy in Britain, set out in new analysis from the Health Foundation thinktank, is devastating. In a wealthy country like the UK, at a time of rapid advances in the treatment of illnesses including obesity…
Climate Change Is Getting So Bad That It's Making Food Less Nutritious
Can't-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech Climate change's effects often aren't obvious. In a particularly lateral example of how our planet's changing environment is coming to affect our lives, scientists are now warning…
11 of the weirdest Met Gala rules from no selfies to unexpected food bans
The Met Gala is fast approaching, when Hollywood's elite will arrive in their finest to interpret this year's dress code - 'fashion is art'. The prestigious event functions as a star-studded fundraising gala for the Metropolitan Museum of Art in…
3 healthy foods that can harm your gut: Risk of constipation and bloating
Many people enjoy eating yogurt to aid digestion, but blindly consuming it may actually harm the stomach and intestines. A nutritionist warns that 3 seemingly 'healthy foods' hide hidden traps, not only affecting gut health but also potentially…
Opinion | Why Hong Kong subsidies should go towards food, not fuel
Hong Kong should not renew the HK$3 per litre diesel subsidy when it expires at the end of June. Instead, it should use the funds to launch a crash programme to accelerate electrification of public transport, starting with the minibus fleet. The…
Thai vendor crackdown threatens to gobble up Bangkok's street food culture
Across Bangkok, aromas of garlic, chilli and grilled meat drift from roadside stalls and carts, but tighter controls on vendors threaten livelihoods and the street food culture that defines the Thai capital. Convenient, full of flavour and popular…
What late-night office food orders signal about AI's impact on employee workloads
AI is making white-collar work more efficient, proponents of the technology say. Employees' eating habits may tell another story. When companies such as Atlassian, Block, and Snap, announced mass layoffs earlier this year, they cited one common…
'It's a lot for me': Inside the challenge of soaring food costs
Not all that long ago, food shopping was one of Joei Chan's mindless chores. She didn't think about which grocery had the best prices on bananas or bread, whether to wait until items on her shopping list were on sale, or whether there might be a…
Foods and habits that can help people with ADHD
People diagnosed with ADHD (and also those who have not yet been) sometimes forget that they need to eat, and sometimes they also forget to buy themselves food. What seems to many of us like an obvious task is a significant difficulty for quite a…
10 Flavonoid-Rich Foods to Fight Inflammation
Brightly colored fruits and vegetables aren't just great for an aesthetic farmers' market photo—they're also excellent sources of flavonoids, chemical structures with powerful antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. “As long as…
Fruit yoghurt ads 'could be banned in government clampdown on junk food
FRUIT yoghurt ads reportedly may be banned under Labour's clampdown on junk food. Under government health plans, yoghurts with added fruit could be deemed “unhealthy” and subject to the 9pm watershed. Your info will be used in…
Online food delivery still just 11% of total food services, shows large untapped market: Report
Despite rapid growth in recent years, online food delivery in India still accounts for only about 11 per cent of the total food services market, indicating significant room for further expansion, according to a report by Investec Equities. The…
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