At the beginning of 2019, the EAT–Lancet Commission published Food in the Anthropocene, a consideration of healthy diets from sustainable food systems.1 The authors observed that “A healthy diet should optimize health, defined broadly as being a state of complete … Read the full article
In an upcoming contribution to Sight and Life Magazine, Jonathan Steffen explores the search for holistic diets in a constantly evolving world, featuring findings from the EAT-Lancet Commission published in January 2019. The EAT-Lancet Commission launched quantitatively calculated guidelines designed … Read the full article
When discussing nutrition and balanced diets, the focus is very much on food. However, if we continue to ignore and undervalue the importance of physical activity in achieving this balance, then dietary recommendations will fail to meet the goal of … Read the full article
A significant, but arguably neglected, problem is malnutrition among the elderly. In the UK it is thought that approximately 10% of people over the age of 65 suffer from malnutrition. When the nutrition status of the elderly is tested it … Read the full article
“There is no boon in life more sweet, I say, than when a summer joy holds all the realm, and banqueters sit listening to a harper in a great hall, by rows of tables heaped with bread and roast meat, … Read the full article
A recent study reported in the UK newspaper The Independent claimed that “Eating pasta may help with weight loss.” But now a ‘Behind the Headlines’ article on the NHS website urges caution in taking the claims too literally. The article points … Read the full article