Animal protein as bad as smoking?!
On March 4th 2014, articles started to appear on line. “Animal protein-rich diets could be as harmful to health as
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Red Meat
Should red meat carry a health warning?
I popped up to London on Saturday and I checked Twitter on the train on the way up and a few kind
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Red meat, iron and Alzheimer’s
On 23 August 2013 news headlines were “Red meat could raise Alzheimer’s risk.” “Iron in red meat could raise the
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Beetroot, Blood Pressure and Bacon!
On April 16th 2013 the health headlines were about beetroot – not the most common food to capture the interest
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Meat consumption and mortality
An article entitled “Meat consumption and mortality – results from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer [EPIC] and Nutrition” was
Read moreHorsemeat Scandal – What’s all the fuss about?
The UK is in the midst of a horsemeat scandal. The jokes are set to run and run (ha ha)
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Why hasn’t my healthy diet cut my cholesterol?
Tuesday’s Daily Mail has a section called “Good Health” and the resident GP answering questions is Dr Martin Scurr. On
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Red meat & mortality & the usual bad science – Part 2
I blogged on March 12 2012 about this press release about an article in the Articles of Internal Medicine published
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Red meat & mortality & the usual bad science
The media lit up on the evening of Monday March 12th as a press release was issued about an article
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Denmark Fat Tax
In March 2003, Denmark became the first country in the world to introduce laws to severely restrict consumption of trans
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