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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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Sugar: The Bitter Truth

Please spend 90 minutes of your life watching the video on Youtube called “Sugar: The Bitter Truth“. The speaker is Dr Robert H. Lustig. There are a couple of errors, but please don’t let them detract from the brilliance of this video. It is vitally important that we change our views on ‘a healthy diet’, [...]

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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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Diet Pills – Part 5 – Multiple claims

I’m going to do a series of short blogs on different diet pills and what they claim to do. They fall into different categories: 1) Fat binders/blockers; 2) Carb blockers; 3) Metabolism boosters; 4) Appetite suppressants; 5) Those that claim to do most of the above and then some! This fifth blog is on the [...]

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Diet Pills – Part 4 – Appetite Suppressants

I’m going to do a series of short blogs on different diet pills and what they claim to do. They fall into different categories: 1) Fat binders/blockers; 2) Carb blockers; 3) Metabolism boosters; 4) Appetite suppressants; 5) Those that claim to do most of the above and then some! This fourth blog is on the [...]

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Diet Pills – Part 3 – Metabolism boosters

I’m going to do a series of short blogs on different diet pills and what they claim to do. They fall into different categories: 1) Fat binders/blockers; 2) Carb blockers; 3) Metabolism boosters; 4) Appetite suppressants; 5) Those that claim to do most of the above and then some! This third blog is on the [...]

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Diet Pills – Part 2 – Carb blockers

I’m going to do a series of short blogs on different diet pills and what they claim to do. They fall into different categories: 1) Fat binders/blockers; 2) Carb blockers; 3) Metabolism boosters; 4) Appetite suppressants; 5) Those that claim to do most of the above and then some! This second blog is on the [...]

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Diet Pills – Part 1 – fat binders/blockers

I’m going to do a series of short blogs on different diet pills and what they claim to do. They fall into different categories: 1) Fat binders/blockers; 2) Carb blockers; 3) Metabolism boosters; 4) Appetite suppressants; 5) Those that claim to do most of the above and then some! This first blog is on the [...]

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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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Weight gain between Thanksgiving & New Year

It is an often quoted ‘fact’ that Americans gain up to half a stone on average between Thanksgiving and New Year. Thanksgiving in America falls on the last Thursday in November, so it was on November 26th in 2009. Whilst not such a big even in Canada, Canadians celebrate Thanksgiving on the second Monday in [...]

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