Four out of ten teenagers are regularly skipping breakfast and missing out on vital daily nutrients

Bangers and mash, crispy bacon butties and ham sandwiches could soon become a luxury if you want to eat British pork. Today saw a contingency of British pig farmers descend on Whitehall to submit a 13,000-signature petition. The ‘Save Our Bacon’ campaign has been organised to call for help with the crisis threatening the pig farming industry.

You know those times when something seems to have exploded in the microwave and it’s near impossible to clean without serious chemical assistance? My mum has a simple way to make cleaning your microwave easier and freshen it at the same time, without a single chemical in sight!

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Vitamin B9 (Folic Acid) is the focus for this Vitamin Rich post (the previous post on Vitamin B7 is here).

Folic acid and folate (the anion form) are forms of the water-soluble Vitamin B9. Folate is necessary for the production and maintenance of new cells. This is especially important during periods of rapid cell division and growth such as infancy and pregnancy. Folate is needed to replicate DNA. Thus folate deficiency hinders DNA synthesis and cell division, affecting most clinically the bone marrow, a site of rapid cell turnover. Because RNA and protein synthesis are not hindered, large red blood cells called megaloblasts are produced, resulting in megaloblastic anemia. Both adults and children need folate to make normal red blood cells and prevent anemia.