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5 January 2017 - The Guardian - Is sugar the world's most popular drug?

It eases pain, seems to be addictive and shows every sign of causing long-term health problems. Is it time to quit sugar for good?

4 January 2017 - The Guardian - Sugar is the ‘alcohol of the child’, yet we let it dominate the breakfast table

There’s a reason that the World Health Organisation and the United States Department of Agriculture have provided upper limits of sugar – because dietary sugar fries your kids’ liver and brain; just like alcohol.

3 Jan 2017 - The Guardian - Children consume half of daily sugar quota at breakfast - study

Public Health England launches barcode app after finding that under-10s consume three times the recommended limit

3 January 2017 - The Guardian - No evidence sugar-free soft drinks aid weight loss – study

2 Jan 2017 - The Guardian - The Case Against Sugar review - an unsweetened attack on diet myths

29 Dec 2016 - MedXpress - Omega-3 supplements can prevent childhood asthma

27 Dec 2016 - Am Pharm Assoc - Omega-3 fish oil dietary supplements contain saturated fats and oxidized lipids that may interfere with intended benefits

23 Dec 2016 - The Huffington Post - Don’t Tell The Truth About Organic Food?

23 Dec 2016 - Farming UK - New report concludes eating organic food brings a variety of health benefits

Obese parents triple obese offspring risk, experts warn

21 Dec 2016 - Science Daily - Vitamin D improves gut flora and metabolic syndrome

20 Dec 2016 - EPRS - Human health implications of organic food and organic agriculture

20 Dec 2016 - Daily Mail - Folic acid in flour 'would potentially save HUNDREDS of babies from spina bifida', says top professor

20 December 2016 - Food Navigator - Consumers assume food must be expensive to be healthy: Study

20 December 2016 - The Conversation - Christmas stuffing: here's what happens to your body when you overeat

19 Dec 2016 - Nutraingredients - Multi-strain probiotic could aid gut health – even if you’re healthy

17 December 2016 - The Age - Saturated fats: Health debate skips dietary benefits of omega-3 fats, experts say

16 December 2016 - Nutraingredients - Could folic acid decrease dementia risk?

16 December 2016 - IBDNewsToday - A Single Gene Variant, Once an Evolutionary Edge, Now Seen to Promote Diseases Like IBD

An alteration in a single gene, the Fads1 gene, may determine the risk for certain diseases, including inflammatory syndromes like inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The study tracing the gene in human evolution and its effects was published in the journal Nucleic Acids Research.

14 December 2016 - The Guardian - Autism linked to vitamin D deficiency during pregnancy, researchers find