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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Other Diets & Books
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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Low carb vs low fat
I received so many emails about one study over the past few days that there can only be one topic
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Food to help you live longer
On 27th January 2018, the Daily Mail started a series of articles to promote a book by Dr Michael Greger.
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Dieting? Take a break
An interesting Australian study was published on September 19th 2017. The full article can be seen here. The research was
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Paleo Diet & Crohn’s Disease
A friend of mine has just been diagnosed with Crohn’s disease and she said that she was thinking of trying
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Is Intermittent Fasting better than Calorie Restriction?
The paper being reviewed this week is right up our street – given our interest in diet, health and weight.
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