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Diet and Autism

Parents swear by dietary interventions, but study finds them unlikely to help. This article investigates the disparity.

Does zero mean zero? Not always with trans fats

Registered Dieticain Chrissy Barth says trans fats are the worst types of fats. "I think anything artificial, especially in large quantities, is poison to our bodies," Barth says.

How the recession wrecked my cholesterol

Like so many others, I can pin a gloomy personal number on this atrocious economy.

Cutting calories 'boosts memory'

Reducing what you eat by nearly a third may improve memory, according to German researchers. They introduced the diet to 50 elderly volunteers, then gave them a memory test three months later.

A Day in the Life of a South African Dietitian

I visited the dietetic department at King Edward VIII Hospital in Durban. This large city centre teaching hospital serves a varied but mostly deprived population. The HIV clinic is also large, with 3000 adult and 2000 paediatric patients receiving treatment.