From e-cigarettes to Coke Zero, people see ‘light’ alternatives as healthier – based not on the ingredients, but on everything from packaging colours to product labels. But if it’s simply a matter of perception, is a ‘healthy high’ truly achievable?

While fine dining typically means 'indulgence and gastronomy' rather than 'health and well-being', Michelin-starred chef Joël Robuchon is changing that, with a new cookbook featuring recipes that tap into the curative, restorative and “magical powers” of food.

Although supermarkets are brimming with genetically modified food, very little has been done in terms of improving the quality of the food – so what benefits does it actually provide for shoppers? Pioneer hopes to change that, by introducing crops that produce healthier food.

New research has found that 'fat taxes' have the unintended consequence of hitting the poorest the hardest. Demark's 2011 tax on saturated fat was intended to improve health, but has been lambasted for being 'an unbearable burden’ on the people.