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Jamie Oliver, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall & Childhood Obesity

May 7, 2018May 8, 2018 Zoë 16 Comments childhood obesity, fat, jamie oliver, Obesity, salt, sugar

Two chefs have been all over the news in the UK for the past week. Jamie Oliver is probably fairly

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The US Dietary Guidelines

March 12, 2018August 17, 2018 Zoë 15 Comments dietary guidelines, dietary guidelines for americans, epidemiology, fat, randomised control trial, saturated fat

On March 6th, a blog was posted on the Nutrition Coalition web site. The post was about an announcement on

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Should children drink whole or low-fat milk?

October 30, 2017October 30, 2017 Zoë 3 Comments children. dairy, fat, member, milk, public health dietary advice

This week’s story comes from a mum who works in the same real food world as I do; we’ve met

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Belgian Dietary Guidelines

October 16, 2017January 13, 2018 Zoë 17 Comments Belgium, carbohydrate, dietary guidelines, fat, Flanders

On October 9th 2017, Professor Tim Noakes tweeted about a new food pyramid in Belgium asking “Wonder what anyone hopes

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Carbs in dairy products

April 17, 2017April 17, 2017 Zoë 20 Comments carbohydrate, dairy, fat, member, minerals, protein, vitamins

My brother, Adrian, was staying with us last week. He was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes as a teenager. He

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Trust me I’m a doctor – not on nutrition

October 20, 2014August 21, 2016 Zoë Harcombe 29 Comments "Trust me I'm a doctor", bbc, carbohydrates, essential fats, fat, michael mosley, resistant starch, saturated fat

Michael Mosley was back on our screens last week (15 October 2014). I do like MM. I like his bedside

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The low-carb vs low-fat study

September 8, 2014August 21, 2016 Zoë Harcombe 66 Comments atkins, calorie theory, carbohydrates, Cholesterol, CVD, fat, HDL, heart disease, LDL, low carb diet, low fat diet, randomised control trial, triglyceride

On September 2nd 2014 a story broke in the field of diet and nutrition, but it barely made it across

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Weight loss correlates with low carb, not low calorie

August 4, 2014August 21, 2016 Zoë Harcombe 9 Comments carbohydrates, fat, isocaloric diets, low calorie, low calorie diet, low carb, low carb diet

This is extracted from: “The Obesity Epidemic: What caused it? How can we stop it?” Marjorie R. Freedman, Janet King,

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Horizon: Sugar vs. Fat – Follow-up

May 6, 2014July 25, 2016 Zoë Harcombe 5 Comments bodpod, Cholesterol, Diabetes, fat, fat composition, glucose tolerance, Horizon, Horizon sugar vs fat programme, ketogenic, muscle mass, sugar, weight loss

This is a follow-up to this post. There were a number of issues with this programme, but one that particularly

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Removing cola from the eatbadly plate does not make it eatwell!

April 21, 2014August 2, 2016 Zoë Harcombe 0 Comments Balance of good health plate, carbohydrates, Coca-Cola, eatbadly plate, eatwell plate, fat, food groups, member, starchy foods

I can claim to have inspired this week’s story, but certainly not the outcome. The newsletter of 5th January 2014

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