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Could you live a longer life by intermittent fasting?

Could you live a longer life by intermittent fasting?

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There has been a lot of interest in the latest diet craze of intermittent fasting, whereby people eat all they want for a few days, followed by a short period of a very low calorie intake. A study from a team at Harvard Medical School has now looked at this way of eating in greater detail. Participants on the study were asked to eat 25 per cent of their optimal daily calorie intake for one day, and follow this with…

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New evidence proves gluten sensitivity exists

New evidence proves gluten sensitivity exists

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More and more people are shunning gluten from their diet, due to the personal realisation that it simply doesn’t agree with them. However, without the medical diagnosis of coeliac disease, their choice to have a gluten-free diet is often greeted with scepticism, both by doctors and their family and friends around them. A new rigorous study conducted at the National Institute of Health in America has now added valuable evidence that non-coeliac gluten sensitivity is a genuine condition, and requires…

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