US dietitians & their monopoly on dietary advice
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Food Companies
Soybean heart healthy claim
Many thanks to Sally Fallon Morell for this week’s topic. Sally sent me notification of a recent FDA (U.S. Food
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The BHF: Cocoa & Margarine
On 20th January 2017, the British Heart Foundation tweeted an attack on cocoa. I didn’t see it until someone brought
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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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Dolmio warnings: corporate responsibility or marketing genius?
I used to work for Mars. I was not long out of university and it was a blue chip employer
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Eatwell Guide – conflicts of interest
The new ‘eatwell’ guide, no longer a plate, was issued on March 16th 2016. This is my view of that
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Sugar tax – what and why?
Last week’s news has been full of stories about a sugar tax. A report from Public Health England (PHE) was
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Coca-cola, exercise & conflicts
The last couple of weeks have seen Coca-Cola in the news quite a bit. Coca-Cola has been having a tough
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The British Nutrition Foundation, Food Giants and our Children
We had dinner with friends recently – the proud parents of 11 and 13 year old boys. Mum could not
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Tesco reducing sugar in soft drinks & what has salt got to do with it
I was on the Victoria Derbyshire show on Friday 22nd May 2015, speaking to Joanna Gosling about an Action on
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