Tel Aviv university have come up with this cake-lovers dream diet. Their experiment consisted of getting a load of fat people and putting them on strict low calorie diets. Except one group was allowed to pig out on a big breakfast with dessert as part of their calorie allowance, while the other (less fortunate) bunch poked unenthusiastically at porridge and diet yogurt. I like to picture them all sitting at one big table, split down the middle, with the cake-eaters slowly licking their spoons as they stare unswervingly at their fruit salad munching counterpart. Well the cake eaters lost more weight at the end of it all, thus allowing fat people everywhere to justify eating Black Forest Gateaux with whipped cream at 7.45 in the morning. Hurrah!
Welcome news for those of us who would rather eat their own ear than run for an eye-watering 42 kilometres: Marathons are bad for your health. That's what US journal 'Heart' has decided at any rate, and it makes a certain amount of sense. One or two is alright, they say, but don't overdo it. Duly noted. According to these fellows, 50 minutes is the maximum amount of exercise you should do in one day, which were this advice to be followed to the letter would result in extremely unsatisfying conclusions to football matches around the world. 
Popcorn is 'the king' of snacks states a rather casually phrased report from the American Chemical Society meeting in California. It's a big ball of grain, and has more antioxidants than some fruits and vegetables. But don't just replace fruit and vegetables with popcorn, as this will not work out well in the long run. Do replace potato chips and nachos and giant boxes of chocolate with popcorn. Antioxidants are good for killing viruses in the blood and preventing certain cancers. This article also claims that they fight aging, but prefaces this remark with the dubious sounding: "people say..".