Nutrition and diet

How healthy are cucumbers?

Chinese smashed cucumbers with sesame oil and garlic.

Food security in Gaza improves but remains fragile: UN

There has been a “significant” increase in food and nutritional aid since the ceasefire agreement was reached in October 2025, said the UN’s World Food Programme.

Global hunger declines across continents but climate, trade risks loom, UN says

Despite progress against hunger, child malnutrition remains stubbornly high.

Are omega-3 supplements actually good for your brain?

The vast majority of clinical trials have found that taking omega-3 supplements offers virtually no benefit for cognition or dementia symptoms.

UN agency warns cost of a healthy diet has spiked 25% since 2021

The increased cost of food makes a healthy diet require an average of US$4.28 (S$5.52) purchase power parity dollars per person per day.

Egg-free school meals scramble politics in India

The lunch scheme is widely acknowledged to have improved enrolment rates across the country.

The science of fermented foods

Researchers are starting to understand how foods like kimchi, yogurt and sauerkraut affect our health.

5 foods that contain both protein and fibre

Soya beans, like edamame, and many products made from them, such as tofu, soya milk and tempeh, are nearly perfect foods when it comes to nutrition.

NKF lowers malnutrition risk among its patients by putting protein first

NKF principal dietitian Yee Chooi Fong explaining protein requirements to Neo Ah Lek at NKF’s 633 Ang Mo Kio Dialysis Centre on June 24.

Singapore brand ROA takes its allergen-free cookies to the world

ROA founder Jane Tan with the vegan and allergen-free cake that started it all, the Midnight Cake.

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