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Parents Expecting Their 14th Child Reveal How Much The Family Spends On Groceries Each Week

Parents Expecting Their 14th Child Reveal How Much The Family Spends On Groceries Each Week

Published by Jenni Sidey

When a family announces that they are expecting their 14th child, the question on everyone’s mind is usually “How do they afford it?” For one extra-large family in the U.K., the Jacksons, their biggest expense, surprise, surprise, is food. During an interview on the U.K. morning show “This Morning,” parents Natalie and Oliver Jackson admitted they were a bit “apprehensive” about the fact that they were expecting a new addition to their already large family. After giving birth to their first child, son Elliot, in 2005, Natalie has been pregnant most years, and the pair now have 13 children, with their 14th due this summer. Take that in for a second. These parents are feeding a family of 15, soon to be 16! Parents expecting their 14th child reveal how much the family spends on groceries each week. During their interview, “This Morning” hosts read off some of the food items that the Jackson family tends to go through quite quickly in their home. Between all 15 of them, the family goes through 12 loaves …

Food funding ‘not sufficient’ says school praised by DfE

Food funding ‘not sufficient’ says school praised by DfE

Published by skeptic

The head of a school held up by the government as an exemplar of its planned school food revolution says current funding levels are “not sufficient” as it has to spend thousands of pounds offsetting costs. The Department for Education cited The Grove School in Devon when it announced plans to overhaul school food standards earlier this month. Hilary Priest, The Grove’s headteacher, was quoted as saying she was “incredibly proud” of her school’s meals, following a partnership with the charity Chefs in Schools. Source link

Queen Elizabeth II’s ‘caravan’ food she was forced to eat on royal tours

Queen Elizabeth II’s ‘caravan’ food she was forced to eat on royal tours

Published by Daniella Wilson

From an outsider’s perspective, the royals have a refined diet with access to skilled professional chefs, but it’s not all state banquets and gourmet dishes. Behind closed doors, even Queen Elizabeth, King Charles and Princess Anne are occasionally forced to lower their expectations with their diet. When travelling abroad for royal tours, the late monarch would reportedly be served the equivalent of “caravan” prepared meals, according to Charles’ former pilot, Graham Laurie. During an appearance on HELLO!’s ‘A Right Royal Podcast’ in 2023, he explained how they would feed the royals – and it was remarkably different before they changed aircraft.  “The lovely thing was that we got all our food from British Airways at Heathrow. In the Andover, the best description was like cooking in a caravan,” he began. WATCH: Late Queen’s royal ‘rule’ for food confirmed “There was a small hot plate, it looked a bit like a kettle, but it was a hot jug that you could heat water up in, you could make coffee in and so forth.” © BettmannQueen Elizabeth …

2,000-year-old Roman bread discovered under construction site

2,000-year-old Roman bread discovered under construction site

Published by Jenni Sidey

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. The entire field of archaeology hinges on what can withstand the test of time. This typically means that most excavations center on hard evidence including structural remains, pottery, weapons, or metalwork. Occasionally, researchers discover something softer that’s been preserved for thousands of years despite the odds. In Switzerland, archaeologists recently identified what may be an especially rare find. While clearing the grounds of an upcoming residential development about 20 miles northeast of Zurich, specialists at the Aargau Cantonal Archaeology service found what they believe is a chunk of charred, 2000-year-old Roman bread. The “alleged pastry” described in an online post from the Aargau Cantonal Department of Education is approximately four inches wide and 1.2 inches thick and likely a type of flatbread. Researchers spotted the burnt morsel in August 2025 while combing through a 43,000-square-foot area near the Roman site of Vindonissa. Known for its strategic position along major river routes, Vindonissa began as an outpost for Roman legion …

Princess Anne’s bizarre frozen aeroplane food she’s obsessed with

Princess Anne’s bizarre frozen aeroplane food she’s obsessed with

Published by Daniella Wilson

You might expect Princess Anne’s favourite food to be something like caviar or venison, but it appears that the Princess Royal has a much more down-to-earth favourite. Speaking on an edition of HELLO!’s A Right Royal Podcast, former royal pilot Graham Laurie revealed that Anne is more than happy to tuck into a family frozen favourite. After royal planes were upgraded, onboard staff could start serving food that had been brought in frozen, and Graham explained: “So we could take food from frozen, and at top of climate it was ready to serve just as you would in a normal airliner. The passenger was nearly always the Princess Royal. Because one of her patronships is Save the Children firm.” He continued: “We had to provide food for her, so we never left Benson without what I call the bottom line in catering. Those wonderful flat-tinned meat pies by Fray Bentos, and we’d do that we take tinned vegetables, tinned potatoes, the stewards would tart up a gravy. Add a few spices to it. And we’d …

Don’t count on Starmer’s EU reset to bring down food prices – POLITICO

Don’t count on Starmer’s EU reset to bring down food prices – POLITICO

Published by Sam Flores

By pursuing an agreement, the government appears ready to adopt “unnecessarily stringent” EU SPS controls on imports from non-EU countries, said Jenney. This risks triggering “thousands of additional and unnecessary border delays, considerably more inspections, more paperwork and port congestion — every added layer acting as a compounding financial penalty on trade,” he warned.  Analysis conducted by the Fresh Produce Consortium — seen by POLITICO — suggests that a number of staples from the weekly shop could be negatively impacted as border checks for non-EU produce are ramped up — from Moroccan cucumbers and Indian mangoes to South African citrus fruits and U.S. sweet potatoes. This is expected to add a cost of around £400 million to the supply chain, the consortium estimates.  U.K. Environment Secretary Emma Reynolds leaves No. 10 Downing Street after a Cabinet meeting on March 24, 2026. | Leon Neal/Getty Images Beyond imports, firms have warned that the SPS deal risks imposing costly burdens on domestic growers, who are forced to impose EU standards even if they have no plan to …

Food security: Why UN chief Guterres’s plan to get fertiliser flowing in Hormuz is stalling

Food security: Why UN chief Guterres’s plan to get fertiliser flowing in Hormuz is stalling

Published by Sam Flores

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has yet to win full buy-in for his daring proposal to secure safe passage for vessels ferrying fertiliser and other agricultural products through the blockaded Strait of Hormuz. The initiative, announced on March 27, would involve a UN task force ensuring safe, orderly and predictable maritime transit despite the conflict in the region. The UN has warned that millions could face acute hunger if disruption continues as the blockade is affecting vulnerable countries like Sudan and Somalia, which are heavily dependent on fertiliser for their planting season. Read moreHormuz domino effect: How the Middle East crisis affects food, flights and global supply chains An internal document seen by FRANCE 24 and PassBlue laid out a humanitarian framework, proposed in late March, on how a UN task force would open a fertiliser corridor through the Strait regardless of the conflict. According to the “UN Operational Mechanism for the Strait of Hormuz” document and a map detailing the “streamlined” trade route, shipping agents seeking to use the route would submit vessel information to …

This Is Exactly How Much Creatine You Should Be Taking Every Day

This Is Exactly How Much Creatine You Should Be Taking Every Day

Published by Jenni Sidey

As the most studied supplement on the market, creatine has become a supplement stack mainstay. You’ve probably heard about its benefits, which include supporting muscle growth, brain health, and bone density. Most of the time, taking a supplement is done to meet a nutrient need you aren’t getting through your diet. But creatine is different. “It would be almost impossible to get enough creatine to give you a performance-enhancing benefit from any food. You’d have to eat a crazy amount of red meat or fish, which could harm health in other ways,” says registered dietitian and personal trainer Max Snider, RD. Since you can’t get enough creatine from food to make a noticeable impact, it means turning to a supplement. But when it comes to creatine, there’s a sweet spot of how much to take; too little won’t lead to any noticeable benefits and too much can be harmful. That’s why it’s important to know exactly how much creatine to take every day. Who can benefit from taking creatine? If you’re going to take a …

Monkeys eating soil to settle upset stomachs from junk food, says research | UK News

Monkeys eating soil to settle upset stomachs from junk food, says research | UK News

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Monkeys in Gibraltar have learned to eat soil to settle their stomachs from all the junk food they consume, research suggests. Scientists believe the dirt helps the monkeys line the gut to stop irritation from foods which are “extremely rich in calories, sugar, salt and dairy”. The soil also provides bacteria and minerals missing from junk food offered or stolen from tourists, such as chocolate bars, crisps and ice cream. The snacks have negative digestive effects for the macaques and can cause symptoms from nausea to diarrhoea, but the food is “as delicious for them” as it is for humans, according to a Cambridge University study. Animals in frequent contact with Gibraltar’s visitors were observed to eat more dirt, with this behaviour higher during peak holiday season. Image: A macaque monkey finishing a packet of M&Ms. Pic: Martin Nicourt/Gibraltar Macaques Project/PA The researchers think the behaviour is likely to have been learned socially as different troops of monkeys have preferences for certain types of soil. Experts said the soil acts as a “barrier” in the …

Precommitment can lead to healthier food choices under stress, study finds

Precommitment can lead to healthier food choices under stress, study finds

Published by José Betancourt

An experiment involving psychology students showed that stress made them more likely to choose less healthy but tastier food. Precommitment to choose healthy foods counteracted that effect. However, in all cases, study participants chose tastier, but less healthy foods much more often than healthy, but less tasty foods. The paper was published in Psychoneuroendocrinology. Precommitment is a strategy in which a person makes a decision in advance to limit their future choices. It is used when someone expects that, in the moment, they may act against their long-term interests. By creating barriers or rules ahead of time, precommitment helps protect a person from temptation, impulsiveness, or weakness of will. A common example is setting up automatic savings so money is moved before it can be spent. Another example is removing distractions before working, such as blocking social media or putting a phone in another room. In all these cases, precommitment helps align immediate behavior with longer-term goals. Precommitment can be personal, such as making promises to oneself, or external, such as signing contracts or using …