Eat lentils, not meat, to live longer
On 2 August 2016 global headlines reported “Eat More Plant Proteins To Live Longer, Study Suggests” and “Why a vegan
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Author: Zoë
Fixing Dad
Andy and I have a rating system for films/programmes: the three Es. If something Entertains; Educates and Emotionally stimulates, it
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10 Interesting things about vitamin D
Vitamin D was big news in the UK last week. The Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN) produced a report
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Are we wrong to focus on sugar to try to tackle obesity?
This week’s story didn’t make a big impact. I spotted it on a left hand side page (p22) in one
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Can pasta help you to lose weight?
On Monday 4th July 2016, a somewhat implausible headline was gracing world newspapers. From the US to the UK ,
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US and UK dietary advice on fats “should not have been introduced” Part 2
Evidence from prospective cohort studies did not support the introduction of dietary fat guidelines in 1977 and 1983: A systematic
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Children ordering takeaways to school
On Thursday 23rd June 2016, some newspapers reported that “one in four children have ordered a takeaway to be delivered
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Will whole grains make you live longer?
Three! journal articles were published on whole grains in the past couple of weeks; not sure how that happened. Zong et
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Eatwell Guide – BJSM Editorial
This editorial in the British Journal of Sports Medicine has just been published (23.30 Monday June 13th 2016). The title
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The inaugural Public Health Collaboration conference
Saturday 11th June 2016 was the inaugural conference for the newly formed Public Health Collaboration (PHC). PHC has been set
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