What our ancestors actually ate

Could the old-fashioned ways of keeping healthy be the answer to staying well?

LEISURE

Whether winter-faded ferns, the spindly harvestman or the tyrannical stare of an irate chicken, through-lines from the prehistoric to our modern age are all around us in November, says John Lewis-Stempel

While the original National Folklore Survey from the 1960s was unscientific and open ended, simply asking random people “what do you know to be true?”, its 21st century successor is a very different b

I started my career as a news journalist, working in frantic newsrooms and reporting on key events. But my heart was always in health – I enjoy writing about things that benefit people, rather than si

For a while we collectively shunned carbs, then we rediscovered them via sourdough topped with smashed avocado. We’ve been on journeys through low-fat, keto and fasting over the years, immersed in a c