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Statins with your burger? Better add a pregnancy test too

This story came out on 12 August 2010. I follow BBC Health news on Twitter and they announced: “Fast food outlets should consider handing out cholesterol-lowering drugs to combat the effects of fatty food, link here The article opens with: “Fast food outlets should consider handing out cholesterol-lowering drugs to combat the effects of fatty [...]

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Weight Watchers works – according to a study funded by Weight Watchers

“One pound of fat contains 3,500 calories. To lose 1lb a week you would need to cut out 3,500 calories from your overall weekly nutritional requirements, this equates to needing a deficit of 500 calories a day.”[i] (Zoe Hellman, Weight Watchers dietician) This is the formula believed by Weight Watchers, NICE, the NHS, the Department [...]

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The calorie myth & eating 36,000 calories a day

Here’s the link to a great programme on super morbid obesity Great programme spot from one of our super fans – Melissa. This is worth the 47 mins to watch. I just wanted to draw your attention to yet another example of the calorie myth being completely absurdly applied… The programme features 4 morbidly obese [...]

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Generation XXL – Channel 4

This is a review of the episode featuring the younger children. We have Libby, Lucas and Kelsey aged 7 and Bethany aged 6. Anyone who watched the programme cannot help but be distressed at seeing children look like these youngsters. Under 10′s should be running round with dirt on their knees and runny noses – [...]

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Kellogg’s Coco Pops Advert

Bit of a long blog this, but hopefully worth it! 1)  I subscribe to the Children’s Food Campaign newsletter and support their campaigns. The CFC got a great article in The Independent, which can be seen here. 2) This was an extract from the Children’s Food Campaign January newsletter: “Ever thought of avoiding Coco Pops [...]

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Is aerobic exercise a waste of time?!

The headlines world-wide on 5th February 2009 were along the lines of: “MILLIONS of people who try to keep fit by jogging, cycling or going to the gym could be wasting their time, a study revealed today.” The study was an international collaboration, led by the University of London and involving teams from 14 institutions [...]

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Food Intolerance is all in the mind, says study sponsored by Flour Advisory Board!

“Nine in ten Britons who believe they have a food allergy are perfectly healthy, researchers say“. Harcombe Diet followers will immediately spot the error – either in this write up from the Daily Mail Science reporter (Fiona MacRae) or from the press release itself. Food allergy and Food Intolerance are seriously different – potentially fatally. [...]

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Ban butter to save lives says heart surgeon

Shyam Kolvekar (a heart surgeon) is all over the news today having asserted that Butter should be banned to save thousands of lives. The Daily Mail asserted “Saturated fat is blamed for a third of the 200,000 premature deaths from heart disease a year.” Facts please, Daily Mail?! There is not even a consistent association [...]

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Get Waisted Miracle Cream – puh-lease!

Reported in the Sunday Papers today – apparently desperate dieters are rushing to snap up the latest ‘miracle’ product – a cream that promises to melt away fat. Debenhams say that there has been a 200% rise in sales following reports that one WeightWatchers tester (yes one) had lost an inch from her waist. Far [...]

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The real reason you’re fat

The Daily Mail health section on Tuesdays is a good read. It covers everything from unusual conditions to new views on common conditions. It has first person stories and celebs ‘coming out’ with their condition. Big articles, small snippets etc – it really is a well put together section. I have been enjoying a small [...]

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