Author: Chloe Casey, Lecturer in Nutrition and Behaviour, Bournemouth University

Claim check: does your pint of beer really come with a ‘surprising health benefit’?

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Face Portraits/Shutterstock.com Beer could come with a “surprising health benefit”, according to a new report from the BBC. This must be pleasing news for beer drinkers everywhere. But what did the new study the BBC report was based on actually say? And does it stand up to scrutiny? The study, published in the Journal of […]

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Are meat eaters really more likely to live to 100 than non-meat eaters, as a recent study suggests?

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Bondar Illia/Shutterstock.com People who don’t eat meat may be less likely than meat eaters to reach the age of 100, according to a recent study. But before you reconsider your plant-based diet, there’s more to these findings than meets the eye. The research tracked over 5,000 Chinese adults aged 80 and older who participated in […]

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