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Bleeding healthy

For thousands of years, and in many different cultures, people have practised bloodletting for health and medical reasons. Julia Nurse explains where and when bleeding was used, how it was done, and why.

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Natural eating in Jamaica and the Caribbean

Riaz Phillips is passionate about the Jamaican food he grew up with and plant-based Caribbean food he came to later, like roti, baiganee and vegan stews and curries. Here he explores the origins and surging popularity of these natural ‘health foods’.

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The sickness in the wellness industry

In recovery from anorexia, Gwen Smith began to realise how the wellness industry needs its followers to feel bad about themselves in order to make money out them.

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Doctors and the English seaside

Fashionable seaside towns in England owe much of their popularity to 18th-century doctors, who advised them to take the 'sea cure'.

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  • The eatwell plate : What is a healthy diet? Eating a varied and healthy diet is important.
  • The eatwell plate : What is a healthy diet? Eating a varied and healthy diet is important.
  • Shape a healthy diet / St. Ivel.
  • Shape a healthy diet / St. Ivel.
  • Shape a healthy diet / St. Ivel.
  • Tune into a healthy diet : nutrition/dietary advice / Medicentre.
  • Tune into a healthy diet : nutrition/dietary advice / Medicentre.
  • A healthy vegetarian diet : achieving the right balance / Tesco.
  • A healthy vegetarian diet : achieving the right balance / Tesco.
  • A healthy vegetarian diet : achieving the right balance / Tesco.
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