Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition

News
UK's Vitamin D Advice Puts Black People at Risk – and the Government Knows It
There are calls to urgently change the official advice, with the government's own experts saying it could make existing health inequalities worse.
Mark Howarth
1.22.21
Food
I Ate a ‘Sunshine Menu’ Created Specially for Vitamin D-Starved Brits
According to chef Paul Greening, Britain should look East to get the nutrition we’re missing from lack of UV rays. His vitamin D-rich meal of mackerel, salmon, tuna, and cod liver is like “an hour’s worth of sunshine.”
Johanna Derry
7.29.16
Food
Brighton Just Became the First British City to Tax Sugary Drinks
Earlier this month, Brighton & Hove City Council announced that, backed by Jamie Oliver, it would be the first British city to introduce a voluntary 10p tax on sugar-sweetened fizzy drinks.
Nick Chowdrey
11.3.15