Bread is now hanging its crusts in shame as the culprit for adding inches to our waistlines. White bread, buns, rolls and croissants are all in the hall of food baddies, according to researchers at Tufts University in Boston. The men in white coats monitored 500 people's eating habits for three years and found that those who indulged in white bread and other highly refined grains had the fastest growing stomachs.

But why is white bread so bad?

As the refined grains of white bread enter the body they are quickly converted into sugar. This makes insulin levels rise in an effort to remove the sugars from our blood and store them in cells. Unfortunately the cells that store them happen to be in our abdominal area.

Before you banish toast and rolls, it's only white bread that's bad for bellies. Eating wholegrain bread is very good for you, so all you need to do is swap white for brown.

In fact, a diet rich in wholegrains has been shown to reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes and lower the incidence of some cancers and heart disease.

Get that toasted sandwich maker out of the cupboard, quick!

Grow your own facelift

The days of injecting foreign bovine products (botox) into our faces in the relentless pursuit of youth and beauty may soon be over, thanks to a new technology called Isolagen. This new process involves growing your own facelift. Yes, those clever specialists have managed to harvest a patient's own collagen-producing cells and re-inject them back into their face. However, those wanting an instant facelift will need to grow some patience. The Isolagen lift does not give the immediate 'plumping' that comes with injecting synthetic fillers.

You'll have to wait a good month to see the first signs of youthful looking skin and optimum effects may not be achieved until a whole year's worth of injections.

Strangely, despite the length of time taken with the procedure, the harvested cells remain the same age as when they were removed from the skin. So no matter how long the procedure takes, the injected cells will be younger than you.

Brit Women Can't Live Without Concealer

Brit women love make-up and new research reveals that nearly one third of them won't leave the house without fully applied make-up. According to a survey of more than 1,000 women by skin care experts Anne French, one fifth of women believe that lipstick is the most essential item in a make-up bag. However, 19 per cent of 16 to 24-year-olds couldn't face the world without their concealer.

The survey also uncovered some worrying facts. Less than a quarter of women said they cleansed their skin twice a day and (a frankly disgusting) 15 per cent say they never cleanse their face at all!

Finally, only 15 per cent give their skin a rest by going without make-up once a week. Tsk Tsk! Leaving your face bare will encourage a healthy complexion and enable those pores to breathe, ladies!

Stop Biting Your Nails

Nail biters beware! Russian scientists believe people who constantly bite their fingernails are more at risk from lead poisoning. The researchers found that lead in the body accumulates in the nails and can lead to illness in people who are constantly nibbling.

Children are more at risk and could have problems with their development, say the scientists. All is not lost though, the danger can be reduced through the consumption of milk and vitamins.