Plant-based diets & COVID-19
Executive Summary * A paper was published in BMJ Nutrition Prevention & Health on June 7th, 2021. It led to
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SACN report on lowER carb diets for T2D
Executive Summary * In March 2020, SACN, the UK Scientific Advisory Committee for Nutrition, invited submissions for a consultation about
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Do we have a weight set point?
Executive Summary * This week’s note reviews a March 2021 report from a workshop, which set out to examine the
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Transmission of Covid-19 post vaccination
Executive Summary * A paper published in the BMJ in October 2020 reported that none of the Covid-19 vaccine trials
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Should Low Carb be High Fat or High Protein?
Executive Summary * This week’s note asks the question should low carb be high fat or high protein? * Protein
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Anorexia – in memory of Nikki Grahame
Executive Summary This post doesn’t lend itself to an Executive Summary. It’s written in memory of Nikki Grahame, who lived
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Meat & disease – again!
Executive Summary * Yet another epidemiological paper has been published reporting associations between meat intake and different conditions. * This
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Risk factors for women & heart disease
Executive Summary * A study was published in JAMA Cardiology on January 20th, 2021. * The study included 28,000 women
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Do we need to pay people to lose weight?
Executive Summary * A ‘new’ scheme has been launched in the UK to help people to lose weight and/or maintain
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The evidence behind five-a-day
Executive Summary * Last week’s note looked at the latest epidemiological study claiming an association between intake of fruit and
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