What I’ve learned after 700 Monday notes
Executive summary This is the 700th Monday note. In this landmark post, I share the key things that I have
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Zoë chats with Dr Ben Bikman about the use and effects of GLP-1 Agonists
Bio Benjamin Bikman earned his Ph.D. in Bioenergetics and was a postdoctoral fellow with the Duke-National University of Singapore in
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Higher plant fat intake associated with higher deaths
Executive summary * We’re looking at another population study this week, but there were some novel aspects to this one.
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Meat & T2D again
Executive summary * A paper published in the Lancet broke the record for the number of emails in my inbox
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Can a vegan diet slow aging?
Executive summary * Professor Christopher Gardner, who presided over the randomised controlled trials called DIETFITS and KETO-MED, is the senior
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Zoë chats with Dr Ahmad Malik about prioritising patient values in medical care
Bio Doc Malik is the host of the Doc Malik podcast. After a successful 25-year surgical career, Ahmad stopped practising
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Soups & Shakes for T2D
Executive summary * Two trials – the DROPLET trial published in 2017 and the DiRECT trial published in 2018 –
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Is night light a risk factor for T2D?
Executive summary * A paper published in the Lancet claimed that there is an association between exposure to night light
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What the Hadza taught us about metabolism
Executive summary * I read a book called “Burn: The misunderstood science of metabolism” by Dr Herman Pontzer. Pontzer had
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Harcombe/Kendrick vs Associated Newspapers – The Facts Part 2
Introduction This is the fourth note (and final for now) on the Judgment in the case between Harcombe/Kendrick and Associated
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