It’s no secret that breakfast is the most important meal of the day—especially if you want to slim down. But not all breakfasts are created equal. Loading your plate with these fattening breakfast foods can ruin your diet and derail your goals, nutritionists say. Instead, experts recommend starting each day with a healthy mix of …

If you’ve spent a fair bit of time around babies over the years, you may have noticed that you tend to carry them in the same way: on the left-hand side of your body. Well, new research has just revealed that there’s a very important – and instinctive – reason why mothers tend to do …

We all know that eating too much salt can increase your risk of developing high blood pressure and suffering from heart problems, including stroke, but now new research has suggests there’s another big health reason to cut back. A new study on mice, published in the Nature Neuroscience journal, suggests that a high-salt diet could …

A recent study revealed that air pollution has a massive impact on our health and sets the UK back a huge £20 billion in both medical costs and lost labour, so it’s no wonder we’re on the lookout for ways to make the air we breathe much cleaner. But it isn’t just walking to work, …

During a healthy pregnancy, women gain weight as the baby grows. This is normal and necessary. But recent research indicates that excessive weight gain during pregnancy increases health risks for mothers and their children. Yet half of mothers-to-be gain too much weight, according to research involving half a million pregnancies published in JAMA last year. …