The Rice Diet
Executive summary * This week’s note was inspired by a newsletter about a presentation (by Denise Minger) about a diet
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Lecanemab for Alzheimer’s Disease
Executive summary * This week, we’re looking at two published papers about a drug called lecanemab, which is intended to
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Ultra-processed food & health
Executive summary * A story about ultra-processed foods (UPFs) made headlines. The story was generated by two, short, poster presentations
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MIND diet & cognitive decline
Executive summary * The anacronym MIND stands for Mediterranean–DASH Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay. The diet is the fruit/veg/grain/legume, largely plant-based,
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Protein & Cirrhosis of the liver
Executive summary * This week’s paper is our first from Iran. It shouldn’t have got through peer review, but it
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Breakfast timing & risk of T2D
Executive summary * A study generated headlines about the relationship between the incidence of type 2 diabetes (T2D) and intermittent
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Keto-like diet & heart disease
Executive summary * This post is unusually about a press release, which in turn was about a conference presentation. *
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The PURE study – diet, CVD & mortality in 80 countries
Executive summary * The PURE study is an ongoing large population study, which differs from other population studies because of
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The Basics of Nutrition – Minerals
Introduction This is the final part of the three-part note on the basics of nutrition. This week, we’re looking at
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The Basics of Nutrition – Vitamins
Introduction Micronutrients are, as the name suggests, those needed by the body in smaller quantities. (Macro meaning large and micro
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