From psychoactive drugs to silent spas: 2018’s weirdest wellness trends
Forget turmeric lattes and Fitbits – this year is all about brain supplements, tiger nut milk and tracking your own mindfulness
Diets and dieting
Bigger wine glasses make us drink too much, says researcher
Today’s glasses, 450ml compared with 65ml 300 years ago, encourage consumption, Cambridge scientist tells Hay festival
Defy the ‘wellness’ industry: here are some simple ways to feel better in 2017
Diet and detox marketing makes us feel bad about our holiday season excess. But most of the best advice is obvious and cheap
Diet drinks and other ways not to lose weight
It’s not just non-sugar fizz. From low fat to exercise highs, it’s time to expose a few other pound-shedding myths
How clean eating devoured the diet
No one can agree on what it means – and that’s because the obsession with eating ‘clean’ is less about what you put into your body and more about how you sell those choices to your followers
The truth about ‘miracle foods’ – from chia seeds to coconut oil
Cancer, diabetes, heart disease, dandruff… can these things really be cured, or at least prevented, by what we eat?