Finland, diet, cholesterol & heart disease
Executive Summary * This is the second part of the review of the North Karelia study, which claimed that reducing
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Author: Zoë
Did Finland prove that reducing (saturated) fat reduces heart disease?
Executive Summary * We’re looking at a classic study this week. The Professor Pekka Puska paper, published in 2009, entitled
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Heart healthy diets
Executive Summary * In 2021, the American Heart Association (AHA) issued a scientific statement setting out 10 key principles of
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Weight change & dying in older adults
Executive Summary * This week’s study reviewed associations of change in weight and waist circumference with deaths in older adults.
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Pre-diabetes diet advice
Executive Summary * This post was inspired by two events. First, an email containing diet advice given to someone recently
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The chocolate study that fooled the world
Executive Summary * In 2015, three German reporters set about trying to do a study, which would get published in
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LCHF vs HCLF for athletic performance
Executive Summary * This week’s study involved some professors known to many people in the low-carb world: Noakes, Volek and
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Carbs & cardiovascular disease
Executive Summary * This week’s paper was based on the UK Biobank population study. It examined data for 110,000 people,
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Diets, health & carbon footprint
Introduction I spotted this week’s paper on the Medical Xpress news website and a couple of people also emailed me
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Does Erythritol sweetener cause cardiac incidents?
Introduction I spoke at Low Carb Breckenridge in February 2017. There were a number of stalls around the conference hall,
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