Is lack of sleep making us fat?
At the end of August 2019, I spotted the following tweet from a doctor: “Was thinking about less acute stress
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Other Diets & Books
Plant based diet propaganda – Part 2
As promised, here is the second part of the mammoth review of the key arguments for a plant-based diet and
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Plant based diet propaganda
Executive summary * At a recent conference, Dr David Unwin came across a leaflet published by an organisation called “Plant
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The EAT Lancet Diet & the EPIC Study
Executive summary Please login to view this content Introduction On June 21st, 2019, a paper was published in The Lancet
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Intermittent Fasting – Time-Restricted Eating
Executive summary Please login to view this content Introduction Many thanks to Bob Farrell for this week’s topic. It’s got
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Slimming World’s view of low carb diets
The UK Sun newspaper seems to have been the first to pick up this story: “‘CARBFUSION’ Low-carb diets are ‘damaging
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Food in the Canary Islands
A few years ago we fell in love with the Canary Islands. There are seven islands – in order or
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Keto diet, mice & diabetes
This is my favourite part of Dr Jason Fung’s fabulous book The Obesity Code. It’s called “The Parable of the
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Men, Women & Dieting
This week’s note comes from a global collaboration between researchers in Europe, Australia and New Zealand. The research was reported
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The 5 2 diet and heart disease
When I think of the 5:2 diet, I think of Dr Michael Mosley. Elsewhere in the world, other people may
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