La « mauvaise » saison revient, avec son cortège de nez qui coulent… et de remèdes pour y échapper. Quel est l’effet réel d’un coup de froid ? Des vitamines ? Deux experts font la part des choses.
- Honorary Associate Professor, University of Leicester
As winter approaches, every family has a favourite cold remedy, but experts say few work.
Low-carbohydrate diets worked as well as meal-replacement diets in achieving remission.
Even health authorities can’t seem to agree on dietary guidelines.
A new paper suggests that plant- and fish-based diets lessen the chance of developing severe symptoms – but hold off from becoming vegetarian or pescatarian for now.
Les pommes de terre contiennent de nombreuses vitamines et nutriments essentiels à une bonne santé.
Potatoes contain many vitamins and nutrients which are essential for good health.
Remove the alcohol and calories, and it turns out beer is a drink that has many qualities found in health drinks.
There’s currently little evidence that ‘reverse dieting’ works.
It seems like an easy question, until you take a closer look. Then things get messy.
What to do with those Christmas dinner leftovers.
Two large nutritional studies seem to have reported contradictory findings on carbs. But only if you believe the headlines.
Don’t believe the hype – tomatoes are not trying to stop you from eating them with poison.
Milk may be good for you, but perhaps not as good as recent headlines have suggested.
A nutritionist’s expert view on barbecue success.
Consuming yoghurt is associated with many health benefits. But with all the varieties of yoghurt, and added ingredients like fruits and probiotics, it can be hard to know which is best for your health.
It’s all about the chemistry. Adding lemon can enhance the flavour and enjoyment of tea, and change its colour, but its best not to expect any extra boosts to your health.
Diets aren’t just about losing weight. There are other things to consider.
Does a fry up really soak up excess alcohol, or black coffee sober you up? Can you avoid that hangover?
Scoop : les oignons font pleurer ! Mais pourquoi ? Alors que d’autres légumes de la même famille nous font tout juste cligner de l’œil. Existe‑t‑il une solution miracle ?
The chemical formula behind your tears.
Dried and frozen fruit contain more sugar than their fresh equivalents. So, why do we think they’re healthy?
Fruit cake may last a century, but it’s got nothing on honey.
Don’t believe all the healthy hype.
Is it best to chop your salad vegies? What’s good in theory doesn’t always make much difference in practice, as the science tells us.
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