9 h. ago Battle to stop new takeaway in Britain's fattest town where 80 per cent of locals are overweight and some eat fast food three times a day

Eighty per cent of the residents of Ebbw Vale in South Wales are classed as obese from living on high calorie takeaways, a report earlier this year found.

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30 h. ago Brits told to eat common fruit before bed to help you sleep better

What we eat coming up to bedtime can really affect the quality of the rest we have. Most of us know that too much sugar or caffeine before bed can make it hard to sleep but how about certain foods

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32 h. ago This type of food makes you gain more weight even when eating the same calories

Researchers find caloric intake is not the ‘sole determinant’ of weight gain

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42 h. ago Eight ways to stop squirrels eating the bird food in your garden

Experts have offered their tips on how to prevent squirrels from stealing food meant for the birds

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42 h. ago Exactly how gardeners can stop squirrels eating their bird food

Squirrels are frequently seen in UK gardens, but they often cause problems at bird feeders

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56 h. ago Where to eat Malaysian food in London: 11 of the best restaurants, from Mambow to Med Salleh

Left off the backpackers’ route, overshadowed by East Asia — it’s finally Malaysia’s time to shine

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60 h. ago Squirrels eating the bird food in your garden? Here’s some ways to stop them

If you’re struggling to stop squirrels from taking food meant for birds, here’s what to do

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61 h. ago Oncology expert's one simple breakfast food 'every day' could help prevent bowel cancer, expert says

A recent study has found that eating a certain food for breakfast every day could help to reduce the risk of developing aggressive forms of colorectal cancer

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5 d. ago Tourists fall ill after 'eating sausage and chips' at popular holiday hotspot

The 60 guests at a tourist resort experienced symptoms consistent with botulinum food poisoning after eating a meal of hot dogs and chips at the resort's restaurant

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6 d. ago Brits have been eating Jaffa Cakes wrong for years as expert confirms correct way

A grocery expert has issued a simple hack that will change the way you eat Jaffa Cakes forever.

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1 week ago My cultural awakening: an ancient statue made me fall in love with my fat body

I spent decades being ashamed of the way I look. Then a visit to the Natural History Museum changed everythingI still remember the moment my body image issues began as if it were yesterday. The shaming came before the bingeing: I was 18 and my mum told me I needed to start being careful with my eating, because I was “getting fat”.She would say: “You’d be so pretty if you’d just lose weight!” I wasn’t overweight at the time, and I felt so angry. But young women aren’t allowed to be angry – so, with nowhere to put those feelings, I channelled them into food, spiralling into binge-eating as an act of revenge. Then came remorse and shame: a cycle of bingeing and restriction. Continue reading...

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1 week ago ‘Even after 20 years, I still cry’: the enduring brilliance of Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater

Two decades after its release and with a remake about to land, the cast of Hideo Kojima’s stealth blockbuster reflect on what made this cold war caper a gaming classicYou never forget your first Metal Gear – yet there’s one title in Konami’s legendary stealth series that is universally heralded as its pinnacle: 2004’s Snake Eater. This prequel-cum-threequel was something of a reset. Originally intended as a PS3 game thanks to its sheer technological ambition, but then released on PS2, writer and director Hideo Kojima yearned to take gravelly voiced protagonist Solid Snake away from dimly lit military bases and have him slither outdoors. Featuring hunting for food and snapping broken bones back into place, Snake Eater felt more grounded and immersive than any of its 2000s PlayStation peers.Yet for all Snake Eater’s sweeping changes, one classic element remained intact – the stellar voice acting. It’s telling that as Konami releases its remake, Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater, eve...

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2 w. ago Two women die after eating poisonous guacamole at Italian food festival

School cook Valeria Sollai, 62, collapsed after eating the contaminated dip at the Fiesta Latina food event in Monserrato, Cagliari.

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2 w. ago UK supermarket recalls pasta dish from Scots stores as it poses health risk

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has advised shoppers "do not eat."

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2 w. ago This is everything I eat in a day as a gut health scientist on the Mediterranean diet

A gut health scientist revealed exactly what he eats in a day on a special diet - and why it could transform your health.

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2 w. ago The power of pulses: 15 easy, delicious ways to eat more life

Want to consume more gut-friendly fibre, as well as minerals, vitamins and antioxidants? Like the idea of a more sustainable diet? Here is the answer - and baked beans are only the startWorried about rising food prices, your diet’s carbon footprint or whether you’re eating healthily enough? Believe it or not, there could be a magic bullet: pulses.According to a study by the University of Reading, published in the European Journal of Nutrition in March, adults who eat more pulses – dried beans, peas and lentils – have a higher intake of nutrients including fibre, folate and vitamins C and E; minerals such as iron, zinc and magnesium; and a lower intake of saturated fat and sugar. Similar results have been found in American, Australian and Canadian research. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Hundreds hit by food poisoning after eating free school meals in Indonesia

President Prabowo Subianto's flagship free meals programme has been marred by mass food poisoning cases

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2 w. ago Second person dies from 'toxic' poisoning from sandwich at tourist spot

Tamara D'Acunto, 45, had eaten a sandwich from a food truck in Calabria

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2 w. ago Hundreds hit with food poisoning in Indonesia after eating free meals from president’s flagship program

Since its launch in January, Prabowo Subianto’s signature policy has been marred by mass food poisoning cases affecting over 1,000 peopleMore than 360 people fell ill in the Indonesian town of Sragen in Central Java after consuming school lunches, according to officials, in the largest food poisoning case to hit president Prabowo Subianto’s flagship free meals programme to date.Since its launch in January, the free school meals programme has been marred by mass food poisoning cases across the archipelago, affecting over 1,000 people. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Why our broken food system remains a climate disaster: ‘broiling the planet to stuff our faces’

Author Michael Grunwald reckons with the challenge of food-based climate emissions in his new book We Are Eating the EarthRidding ourselves of fossil fuels has been a tortuously ponderous process and, in the current political era, one that can seem to be in full retreat. But we do have the tools to run our cities, vehicles and industries on clean energy and even through the murk of vested interest, the contours of a post-fossil world are becoming clearer.Our system of producing food, though, is in a relative stone age when it comes to the climate crisis. We continue to raze vast tracts of carbon-rich forests for crop and grazing land thereby creating, by some estimates, as much as a third of all global planet-heating emissions. Continue reading...

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