Christmas & weight gain
Executive summary * The festive period is notorious for weight gain and this phenomenon has been the subject of academic
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Diet & Weight
Keto diets & kidney stones
Executive summary * This week’s study produced the headline finding that the estimated incidence of kidney stones in patients on
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Energy compensation & adiposity
Executive summary * A paper was published in August 2021, which generated the headline "Exercise reduces the number of calories
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The Carbohydrate Insulin Model of Obesity
Executive summary * A perspective paper has just been published on the subject of the carbohydrate insulin model (CIM) of
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Keto diet under attack
Executive summary * A paper was published in July 2021 entitled “Ketogenic Diets and Chronic Disease: Weighing the Benefits Against
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Stopping statins
Executive summary * A study was published in JAMA Open Network, which generated the headline ‘stopping statins linked to death
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Bariatric surgery 10 years on
Executive Summary * A study was published in March 2021, which explored, in depth, patients’ experiences of living with a
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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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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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