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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Macronutrients
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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Why eat carbohydrate?
Executive summary * This note summarises what carbohydrates are, from fructose to fibre. * It briefly looks at the role
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Sarcopenia & Protein
Executive summary * A study was published that claimed 1) a lower Sarcopenia Risk Score (SRS) was associated with a
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Saturated fat – a reprieve?
Executive summary * This week’s note looks at a recent paper, which concluded that "instead of only paying attention to
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Australian women – carbs & fat
Executive summary * A study of approximately 10,000 middle-aged Australian women examined the association between carbohydrate and saturated fat intake
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