Food

The thought of eating bugs, faeces or blood doesn’t sound very enticing, but according to a team of scientists in Denmark, they are a few of the things we should eat if we want our food to be both sustainable and healthy.

Lots of people turn their noses up at food past its prime, but in Copenhagen, supermarket Wefood has proved so successful in selling expired food that it is actually opening a second branch.

Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce has called for a sugar tax on soft drinks, saying that Australia’s obesity problem is due to people “sitting on their backsides” and “eating too much food.”

‘If you want to deal with being overweight,” he said, “here’s a rough suggestion: stop eating so much and do a bit of exercise.”

According to a survey conducted by IELKA (the Research Institute for Retail Consumer Goods), the economic crisis has brought about a change in the dietary patterns of the Greeks, who are ordering out less and eating at home more.

The Bulgarian Food Safety Agency (BFSA) has recalled 8,269 bottles of vinegar from the commercial network.

The acidic products are not harmful but the information on the label is misleading customers.

World food prices rose in September to their highest since March 2015, led mainly by sugar, the United Nations food agency said on Oct. 6.

Except for a small dip in July, the Food and Agriculture Organization's (FAO) food price index has been increasing steadily since January, when it hit a seven-year low.

Life will get even more expensive for Greeks as of next month following the government's decision to raise a number of taxes, such as the value-added tax on most commodities and the special consumption tax on fuel, tobacco and coffee, as well as hikes on landlines, Internet and pay-TV.

As global rates of Type 2 diabetes rise, the World Health Organisation (WHO) highlights the disease on this World Health Day saying that about 422 millions people are currently living with diabetes.

While Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune condition which is often inherited, Type 2 is the most common form and is can be caused by factors including obesity and age.

The Japanese city of Okinawa has been designated a ‘Blue Zone’, meaning it is one of those rare places on the planet whose inhabitants live a long and healthy life. But the rest of Japan also has a high life expectancy rate, something that is largely attributed to the country’s dietary habits.

According to preliminary figures of the National Statistical Institute (NSI) released on Monday, inflation in Bulgaria stood at 0 % in the first month of this year.

The index of consumer prices in January 2016 compared to the same month last year was 100 %, with the monthly and annual inflation both being 0%.