Swiss Re & BMJ Nutrition Conference
Food for Thought: The Science and politics of nutrition “There is no miracle diet, but there is a miracle meeting
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High protein diets and heart failure
Many thanks to Dr Peter Brukner for today’s topic. There were a few to choose from last week, but Peter
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SACN report on saturated fat
Saturated fat is under the spotlight at the moment. Between February 28th and March 30th 2018, the US dietary guidelines
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Plant sterols lower cholesterol but increase risk of heart disease
In last week’s newsletter we noted that the original dietary fat trials did not support the introduction of the dietary
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The diet heart hypothesis & plant sterols
The first paper published from my PhD was an examination of the relevant randomised controlled trials (RCTs) available at the
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A new 3,500 calorie formula?
A paper was published on 9th April 2018 entitled “Simulating long-term human weight-loss dynamics in response to calorie restriction” (Ref
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Red meat & Cancer
It is estimated that 1 in 2 people in the UK will develop cancer in their lifetime (Ref 1). US
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The 5 2 diet and heart disease
When I think of the 5:2 diet, I think of Dr Michael Mosley. Elsewhere in the world, other people may
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Gary Taubes in London
Gary Taubes (GT) has been in London, over the weekend of 17-18 March 2018, doing a marathon six hour presentation
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Processed food & cancer
It is quite incredible that we waited until February 2018 before seeing the headline: ”Ultra-processed foods ‘linked to cancer’” (Ref
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