My relationship with food was broken. Then I killed my own dinner
For years, eating was something to control, fear or regret. After I hunted my first deer, I started to see fat, hunger and my own body in a different lightI muffled my sobs with a pillow so my family couldn’t hear me from the adjacent room. I was 19…
They’re delicious, popular and versatile – but how healthy are berries?
Experts say that if you’re eating any berry – strawberries, blackberries, currants, raspberries, blueberries – you are benefitingSprinkled on top of yoghurt, blended into smoothies or baked into crumbles, berries are among Americans’ favorite…
Specialist services are vital to help people with ME/CFS | Letter
Readers respond to George Monbiot’s article about how those with myalgic encephalomyelitis, or chronic fatigue syndrome, have been failed by the health systemGeorge Monbiot (Abandoned, dismissed and gaslighted: there is no excuse for the way ME sufferers…
It’s cruel to delay ADHD and autism assessments for children | Letter
Anna Bird says the decision by some NHS integrated care boards to impose a two-year minimum wait is harmful to young people and their familiesBlocking assessments of children with neurodivergent conditions for over two years is cruel to children, deeply…
Tell us: what happened after you froze your eggs?
Much is made of the decision to try to preserve fertility but less explored are the choices that come afterwards. We want to hear from people about what happened nextOocyte cryopreservation, more commonly known as egg freezing, has been around for…
20 fascinating facts about hair: why baldness is super-masculine – and a pubic bush could be a ‘cheating detector’
Judy Wearing has spent much of her life studying our follicles. She explains how our armpits betray our emotions, why some gentlemen really do prefer blondes and the reason we evolved to have eyebrowsAs a PhD student at Oxford studying mating behaviour,…
Andy Burnham’s social care plans could be much more radical | Letter
Readers respond to the Labour leader’s conference speech and plans for changes to social care and the state pension triple lockIn the aftermath of Andy Burnham’s speech to the Labour conference, media discussions are focusing on how to define social care…
A moment that changed me: My mother fell off a mountain – and my life began again
A bad breakup had made me afraid I would be mired in anger for ever. But on that family hike, in our fear and horror as we awaited the air ambulance, my old hurts took on a different hueTo steal a well-known line, 2023 is not a year on which I shall look…
‘Godzilla’ of weight-loss drugs could provide other important health benefits
Though not yet approved by any regulatory agency, retatrutide could help improve blood sugar levels and reduce inflammationThe ‘Godzilla’ of weight-loss drugs could help improve blood sugar levels, reduce inflammation and cut a person’s body weight by a…
It’s not the price of your toothbrush but how you use it | Letters
Responding to an article by Emine Saner, Gemma Hooson writes that there are no shortcuts to oral hygiene. Plus a letter by David Duell Emine Saner offers a fascinating survey of the expensive toothbrush tech on offer (The rise of Big Toothbrush: how did…