England’s Obesity Strategy (not)
On Thursday 13 October, 2011, the Department of Health issued this press release, optimistically called “Government calls time on obesity.” The government has done anything but. We need to remember that the UK health service was devolved in 1999, with England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland managed separately from this point forth. Hence, this Department [...]
Read more »Nutrition – where will a student be taught the truth?
I’ve had so many queries from people about studying nutrition that this blog is probably long overdue. Nutrition is a fascinating topic. There is little more important to human health than what and how we eat. Modern epidemics of obesity and ill health are capturing media headlines and the attention of curious minds alike. This [...]
Read more »Who’s teaching our children about ‘nutrition’?
I came across a school book for GCSE in Home Economics: Food & Nutrition recently. As someone who has studied nutrition extensively – and found virtually everything being taught to be wrong – I was naturally curious. Kellogg’s & Coco-pops I picked up the main textbook “Examining Food & Nutrition” by Jenny Ridgwell (1996). The [...]
Read more »The Weston A Price Foundation Conference
The second London Weston A Price Foundation conference was held on Saturday 26th March 2011. We are waiting for the presentation to be put on line in full by the conference organisers – we’ll post it here as soon as it is. In the meantime – the slides can be found on this site. Here’s [...]
Read more »“Surgery is better than dieting, says conflicted doctor”
“Surgery is better than dieting, says top doctor”. Zoe Harcombe highlights the conflict of interest in this Sunday Times story.
Read more »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 [...]
Read more »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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