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How long until health foods become illegal?

Chris Milton

23rd March 2010

A huge number of UK citizens take food supplements or buy health food products, yet new legislation threatens to either remove these items from our shelves, restrict their dosages or ban them from making any health claims more...
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Behind the Label: Pantene Pro-V Style

Pat Thomas

10th April, 2009

Farah brought us the flick. Jennifer gave us the ‘Rachel’. Madonna made ‘blonde ambition’ a desirable thing – at least for a while. And Britney? Well, she got fed up and shaved all hers off. more...
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Behind the label: Listerine teeth and gum defence

Pat Thomas

13th January, 2009

A little mouthwash to make your tongue and gums feel fresh and clean? Beware, you may be swilling a mouthful of chemicals that will give you more to worry about than bad breath. Pat Thomas reports more...
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Behind the label: Red Bull

Pat Thomas

1st March, 2007

It has spawned a dozen urban legends. It gets praised and reviled by bloggers. And it tastes like carbonated cough syrup. But does Red Bull do you any good? Pat Thomas reports more...
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Pat Thomas' letter to the Guardian, 17th October 2006

Pat Thomas

17th October, 2006

Pat Thomas, Health Editor of the Ecologist, responds to Felicity Lawrence's article in the Guardian on the link between junk food and mental health more...
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Hidden Agenda

The Ecologist

1st June, 2003

If you are one of the many millions of people who rely on vitamins and supplements to maintain their health and conquer illness, it’s time for you to get active. The Ecologist explains why more...
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Vitamins: what's the real story?

Lynne McTaggart

10th June, 2000

For the last several months, newspapers in Britain have been overflowing with reports that vitamins are bad for our health. The most recent and most damaging of these concerns the supposed discovery, given worldwide publicity, that vitamin C can clog the arteries. Lynne McTaggart deciphers the medical truth more...

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