In version 0.1, I laid out the aims of this project and put together a proof-of-concept £1-per-day diet that met most of the nutritional goals set by the UK government. In this post, I’ll be focusing more on a meal…

Last week, I stumbled across a BBC News article entitled How to eat healthily on £1 a day via a story on hacker news. Healthy eating on a budget is something I’m really interested in, but I was horribly disappointed by the…

It seems to me there are two different ways of looking at diet. In the first model, which is the most common, foods are appraised on their strengths and weaknesses. Candy is bad because it’s high in sugar. Vegetables are…

In a manner of speaking, the chart above demonstrates the success of public health education. Since the 1960s, public health officials have advised people to lower their consumption of animal fat and increase their consumption of unsaturated fats from vegetable…

What are the five most consumed vegetables in America? I needed an answer to that question a couple of weeks ago for my post about grains, fruits, vegetables and fiber. I thought that finding an answer would be trivial, but…

The USDA Economic Research Service published a report in 2012 called Are Healthy Foods Really More Expensive? It Depends on How You Measure the Price. The aim of the research was to compare the prices of healthy foods with unhealthy…

Eating more dietary fiber can reduce your risk of stroke. That’s the conclusion of a major meta-analysis to be published in the May issue of Stroke. The authors analyzed 8 large prospective cohort studies. Their results showed a pooled estimate of 7%…

In November 1978, a six-year-old girl was admitted to hospital with a serious gunshot wound to the chest. Gravely injured, she underwent a long series of operations to repair the damage to her abdomen. More than three meters of her…

Around 12,000 years ago, a group of Neolithic humans living in what is now the Middle East conducted a remarkable experiment. For generations their people had collected the seeds of tall grasses, which they cooked and ate to supplement their…

Ever make tea in a french press? Try putting the tea leaves on top of the strainer instead of below. It works great for teas you want to infuse for a limited time (that is, most types of true tea.)…