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SACN report: Carbohydrates & Health

July 17, 2015March 27, 2018 Zoë 40 Comments carbohydrates, cardiovascular disease, Coca-Cola, conflict of interest, CVD, Diabetes, dietary fat, dietary guidelines, eat real food, fructose, fruit, Obesity, SACN, Scientific Advisory Commitee on Nutrition, sucrose, sugar

Seven years! On Friday 17th July 2015, a report was issued by the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN). This

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Food Groups

May 31, 2015August 21, 2016 Zoë 11 Comments beans, dairy, eat real food, eatbadly plate, eatwell plate, eggs, fish, food group classification, food groups, fruit, grains, legumes, meat, my plate, nuts, pulses, seeds, vegetables

There must be something about the number five and public health dietary advice. First the myth of five-a-day, then five

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High protein diets, weight & death

May 11, 2015August 21, 2016 Zoë 34 Comments animal protein, atkins, CVD, eat real food, high protein diet, vegetable protein, weight gain

On May 8th 2015, The Independent, and a few other newspapers, reported “High-protein diets increase risk of weight gain, study

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Did a low fat diet beat a low carb diet for fat loss?

March 9, 2015July 31, 2016 Zoë 34 Comments diet intervention, dietary fat, fat burning, fat loss, low carb, low carb diet, low fat, low fat diet, Obesity, randomised control trial, weight, weight loss

A story emerged on March 5th 2015 from the annual meeting of the Endocrine Society in San Diego. It was

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Saturated fat & CHD in Europe

March 1, 2015August 21, 2016 Zoë 45 Comments CHD, coronary heart disease, death rates, dietary guidelines, Europe, European heart disease statistics, saturated fat, vitamin D

This post shows that, for all 192 countries in the world, for men and women, for CVD deaths and all-cause

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South African Dietary guidelines

February 16, 2015August 22, 2016 Zoë 0 Comments conflict of interest, dietary guidelines, LCHF, member, nutrition, south africa

Thank you SO much for all your support and interest during the dietary guidelines story that broke on Tuesday. We

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US and UK dietary advice on fats “should not have been introduced”

February 9, 2015August 21, 2016 Zoë 45 Comments CHD, coronary heart disease, dietary fat, dietary guidelines, heart attacks, meta-analysis, mortality, saturated fat, Senator McGovern, systematic review, total fat

Introduction Dietary guidelines were introduced in the US in 1977 (ref 1) and in the UK in 1983 (ref 2).

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Trust me I’m a doctor – not on nutrition

October 20, 2014August 21, 2016 Zoë 30 Comments "Trust me I'm a doctor", bbc, carbohydrates, essential fats, fat, michael mosley, resistant starch, saturated fat

Michael Mosley was back on our screens last week (15 October 2014). I do like MM. I like his bedside

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Low Carb High Fat (LCHF) is an outcome, not a choice

October 13, 2014August 21, 2016 Zoë 0 Comments banting, dietary fat, essential fats, fat soluble vitamins, LCHF, member, south africa, whole grains

My favourite story of the week appeared in the Sunday Times yesterday, but there wasn’t a big diet/health story to

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The low-carb vs low-fat study

September 8, 2014August 21, 2016 Zoë 66 Comments atkins, calorie theory, carbohydrates, Cholesterol, CVD, fat, HDL, heart disease, LDL, low carb diet, low fat diet, randomised control trial, triglyceride

On September 2nd 2014 a story broke in the field of diet and nutrition, but it barely made it across