Statins
(The British newspaper, “i”, published a shorter version of this article on 11th December 2018.) The headlines on 8th December
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Lowering LDL
On 10th November, 2018, the American Heart Association (AHA) published new cholesterol guidelines (Ref 1). The document is on open
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Where do calories go?
Last Monday’s newsletter was the 400th! I started the Monday note in January 2011 and so I’ve just reached this
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Diet for weight maintenance
On 16th November 2018, NY Times reporter Anahad O’Connor tweeted that the number one most emailed story on the NY
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World diabetes day
World Diabetes Day is held on the 14th November each year. In last year’s newsletter I looked at the International
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Plant based diet & diabetes
Thanks go to Marika Sboros for this week’s note. She alerted me to a paper that was published in the
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Fiber: a plausible mechanism?
Last week we looked at: what fiber is (indigestible carbohydrate); our requirement for fiber (none); the recommendations for fiber intake
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Fiber: An umbrella review
This week’s paper under review was published in March 2018. It was sent to me by someone curious to see
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World Obesity Day
October 11th (2018) was World Obesity Day. World Obesity Day was launched in 2015 by the World Obesity Federation “to
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Vitamin D supplements
A study in the Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology journal made global headlines on Friday 5th October. The Huffington Post announced:”Vitamin
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