Diabetes UK & low carb diets
In 2009, I was at a meeting in London when the subject of dietary guidelines for diabetics cropped up. One
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Coffee makes you live longer?
I love coffee. I start the day with a huge, milky cappuccino – with caffeine – and then switch to
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Soy fertility and the menopause
The headline that caught my eye last week was: “Eating more vegetable protein in the form of tofu, soya and
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Milk and Mortality
Thanks to one of my lovely supporters, Ulrike, for sending me the paper being reviewed for this week’s note. Almost
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Fasting for weightloss
I’ve just got back from speaking at the second Public Health Collaboration Conference. This one was held at the Manchester
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The Minnesota Starvation Experiment
We’re doing a classic article this week – the Minnesota Starvation Experiment. I always think I should put ‘starvation’ in
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Replacing saturated with polyunsaturated fat
On 19th May 2017, another paper challenging current dietary fat guidelines was published. This one emanated from Deakin University, Australia,
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Running on fat (1700km in 26 days!)
It’s a personal one this week. My husband is called Andy. Andy’s brother is called James. James’ running mate is
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Kekwick & Pawan: is a calorie a calorie?
I was hoping that this week’s note would report breakthroughs from the European Congress on Obesity, which was held in
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Is Intermittent Fasting better than Calorie Restriction?
The paper being reviewed this week is right up our street – given our interest in diet, health and weight.
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