Protein & Cirrhosis of the liver
Executive summary * This week’s paper is our first from Iran. It shouldn’t have got through peer review, but it
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Nutrition
The Basics of Nutrition – Minerals
Introduction This is the final part of the three-part note on the basics of nutrition. This week, we’re looking at
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The Basics of Nutrition – Vitamins
Introduction Micronutrients are, as the name suggests, those needed by the body in smaller quantities. (Macro meaning large and micro
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The Basics of Nutrition – Macronutrients
Introduction Food (noun): “Substance taken into body to maintain life and growth; nutriment” (Ref 1). In a world where food
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Saturated fat & Parkinson’s Disease
Executive Summary * A Swedish population study reviewed the association between dietary fat intake and the incidence of Parkinson’s Disease
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LCHF vs HCLF for athletic performance
Executive Summary * This week’s study involved some professors known to many people in the low-carb world: Noakes, Volek and
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Carbs & cardiovascular disease
Executive Summary * This week’s paper was based on the UK Biobank population study. It examined data for 110,000 people,
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Saturated fat – an end to the myth?
Executive summary * An article has been published, which aimed to investigate the robustness of the claim that saturated fat
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Vitamins, cocoa & cognitive function
Executive summary * This week’s note looks at something rare in the field of nutrition – a randomised controlled trial
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Protein in meat vs Beyond Burger
Executive summary * This week’s note reviews a study that examined meat vs fake meat (Beyond Burger). * Other studies
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