food and health - Slow Food International

Food & Health Insight Microbiota: an indispensable ally for health

20 July 2022

When we speak about the relationship between food and health, we tend to think about what are the most suitable diet, the most wholesome ingredients, the recipes that are not too stodgy due to their high fat and sugar content, and the right balance of proteins, carbohydrates and other nutrients. The huge number of microscopic …

A Biodiverse Diet Means a Healthy Diet

22 May 2022

Preserving our invaluable heritage of food and agricultural biodiversity is not only good for the environment and ecosystems but also good for us and represents a way of taking care of ourselves. Food biodiversity, in other words, the diversity of plants, animals, and other organisms that we eat, contributes to a healthy, varied diet. …

European Cities Pave the Way for Healthy, Fair and Sustainable Food Systems

13 May 2021

Slow Food is a proud partner of the Food Trails project, a four-year initiative that will enable the design of pilot activities in 11 European cities in order to help them co-create urban food policy. The goal is to empower communities, promote a zero-waste use of resources, promote environmentally friendly behavior change and ensure people have healthy …

The UK Launches New Obesity Strategy: How Does it Compare with Measures Elsewhere?

3 August 2020 Madeleine Coste

Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, the United Kingdom has launched a new Obesity strategy to fight the rising child and adult obesity problem in the country. Meanwhile, the European Union with its new Farm to Fork Strategy also has included the aim to reverse the rise in overweight and obesity rates across the EU. As global …

World Oceans Day: Vegetables of the Sea and their Role in Saving the Environment

8 June 2020 Paula Barbeito

World Oceans Day is the day to raise awareness about the critical state of the oceans, to highlight their deep connection to our daily lives, and to inspire action to protect and use marine resources in a sustainable way. When we talk about the oceans and their protection, we tend to firstly think of whales, …

World Health Day: Claiming the Right to Healthy Food

7 April 2020 Paola Nano

World Health Day is celebrated today, and never before has the world turned its eyes in the same direction as in these times: the Coronavirus epidemic unites us all, and is putting the physical, social and economic well-being of the whole of humanity to the test. Scientists are busy analyzing all its implications, and many …

The heart-breaking truth of ultra-processed food

2 January 2020

Yet more evidence, as if it were needed, that the consumption of ultra-processed foods has a measurably negative impact on our health. A new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), based on a study of the diets and cardiovascular health of 13,446 adults, found that a 5% increase in ultra-processed …

If It’s Good for You, It’s Good for the Planet Too!

4 November 2019

New research from the University of Oxford and the University of Minnesota confirms: the foods which are best for us also have the smallest impact on the environment. It seems intuitive, obvious almost, when we think about the production, distribution and commercialization of processed foods which we can buy all year round for low prices: …

Sugar Tax and Slow Snacks: How We Can Fight Junk Food

22 September 2018

The Slow Food network is sharing its experiences and presenting its initiatives to spread greater awareness about the food we eat and its impact on our health.

Roundup: the world’s best selling herbicide, and its effect on your liver

11 January 2017

A new study links even ultra-low doses of glyphosate to liver disease.