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Experts: Ask the experts: Recovering from illness

What are you supposed to eat when recovering from a stomach bug?; Ask the experts: Bottled water best-by date

How long can bottled water be stored for?; Ask the experts: Fromage frais

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by Pip Mehrtens — last modified Dec 01, 2008 01:30 PM

Worried sick

We take a light-hearted look at whether we are becoming a nation of hypochondriacs.

Vitamin D deficiency linked to diabetes

Nearly three out of every five patients with type 2 diabetes show signs of vitamin D deficiency, which could influence the development of cardiovascular disease, report Italian scientists.

Foods to fight dementia

We investigate the role of nutrition in preventing or controlling the onset and progression of Alzheimer’s disease.

How to boost your immunity for winter

Advice on avoiding those winter infections.

Health assessment: Julie

We look at Julie's eating and exercise habits and give her some advice.

Eat well, spend less: Shopping lists

We explain the benefits to the wallet of having a disciplined approach and shopping with a list.

Why you should eat: Garlic

Garlic is antioxidant, antibacterial, antifungal, antiviral, antithrombotic and anticarcinogenic. Quite an impressive list for a small vegetable!

Fact or fiction: You can eat foods past their use-by dates

We investigate if it's okay to eat food that’s gone past its 'best before' date.

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