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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 26 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 64 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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Horizon: Sugar vs. Fat

February 3, 2014July 21, 2016 Zoë Harcombe 47 Comments bodpod, Cholesterol, Diabetes, eat real food, fat, fat composition, fructose, glucose tolerance, Horizon, Horizon sugar vs fat programme, ketogenic, muscle mass, sugar, weight loss

The big news story last week was an experiment done with identical twins on the BBC Horizon programme. A friend

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Australian Dietary Guidelines (Feb 2013)

February 27, 2013August 21, 2016 Zoë Harcombe 17 Comments Australian Dietary Guidelines, australian obesity, carbohydrates, Coca-Cola, dietary guidelines, dietary guidelines for americans, eatbadly plate, eatwell plate, fat, healthy eating, Obesity, protein

New Australian Dietary Guidelines were published on February 18th 2013. Hundreds of pages of information are available here. The main

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Traffic Light Labelling – how does it work?

October 22, 2012August 21, 2016 Zoë Harcombe 12 Comments Coca-Cola, dietary guidelines, fat, food labeling, food labelling, food retailers, salt, saturated fat, sugar

UK food retailers have apparently bowed to pressure and are on the verge of introducing the traffic lights food labelling

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The men who made us fat – Episode 2

June 21, 2012August 21, 2016 Zoë Harcombe 18 Comments Coca-Cola, exercise, fat, food policy, Hank Cordello, Jacques Peretti, Jesters diner, Kelly Brownell, mcdonalds, Obesity, Peninsula Medical School, pepsi, Philip James, portion sizes, supersizing, value meals

Here we go again! Episode 2 with Jacques Peretti. 24 million of us are now overweight “Our appetites supersized by

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