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Warning: Excessive wellness can be unhealthy

Modern society has a wellness obsession that is producing some distinctly unhealthy…

Jim Manson

Common OTC medicines linked to raised dementia risk

A study by US researchers has linked prolonged use of certain widely…

Jim Manson

Campaigners attack Aldi as energy drinks appear in ‘health lanes’

Action on Sugar has criticized the discounter Aldi after high-sugar energy drinks…

Jim Manson

Christmas 2014 saw highest ever sales of organic veg – Produce World

Produce World Group, the UK’s leading organic vegetable grower and supplier, says…

Jim Manson

Christmas 2014 saw highest ever sales of organic veg – Produce World

Produce World Group, the UK’s leading organic vegetable grower and supplier, says…

Jim Manson

Fair trade milk label needed to end supermarket “cultural cleansing by price”

The founder of the Sustainable Food Trust, Patrick Holden, is calling for…

Jim Manson

Real Farming Conference hits its stride as big brother “loses the plot”

The clash of the New Year farming conferences in Oxford has now…

Jim Manson

Natural and organic world gets behind people-friendly GM Free Me campaign

Well-known figures from the natural products world have been getting behind a…

Jim Manson

Why we’ll be sprouting, spiralizing and ancient-graining in 2015!

Everywhere you look, health pundits and food writers are making their predictions…

Jim Manson

Green groups fear MEPs’ vote will create GM crop fast-track

Organic and green groups say that new proposals intended to allow EU…

Jim Manson

Organic could be worse for the environment, Krebs claims

The former chairman of the Food Standards Agency John Krebs has claimed…

Jim Manson

New Web app launching to help navigate EU cosmetic regs

A new user-friendly app called Cosmetri is being launched on 15 February…

Jane Wolfe

Adding herbs and spices to recipes comes with heart health benefit

Adding antioxidant-rich herb and spice blends to meals could help to offset…

Jim Manson

Pine bark extract cuts common cold duration and severity

New clinical research shows that the pine bark extract Pycnogenol significantly shortens…

Jim Manson

Vitamin D may play vital role in syncing our body clocks

Vitamin D may play a vital role in regulating our body clocks,…

Jim Manson

20-minute online test shows how to halve Alzheimer’s risk

One in four people over 50 are predicted to develop Alzheimer’s, currently…

Jim Manson

Progressive Budgens retailer says put people and planet first

Progressive Budgens retailer Andrew Thornton has launched an initiative to show businesses…

Jim Manson

Soil Association catering mark hits one million meals

Last week the Soil Association announced that one million meals are now…

Jane Wolfe

Consumers more savvy about synthetic chemicals says report

Key findings from Organic Monitor’s Consumer Insights report Consumer Expectations of Natural…

Jane Wolfe

Industry must be on its guard as it enters “crucial” 2015

The natural health industry must be on its guard as it enters…

Jim Manson