Low calorie vs low carbohydrate for T2D remission (DiRECT vs Virta)
Executive Summary * There are two dietary ways to put type 2 diabetes (T2D) into remission – transient very low
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Health
Liquid diets & weight regain
Executive Summary Please login to view this content Introduction One of my favourite academic papers was published in 2007, by
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Soups & Shakes for Type 2 Diabetes
Executive Summary Please login to view this content Introduction The big news in the UK last week was “Thousands to
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Cholesterol & PCSK9s – the lower the better?
Executive Summary Please login to view this content Introduction This week’s study was emailed to me by the senior author,
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Statins in the over 75s
Executive Summary * Headlines in July 2020 reported that “A study of over-75s found that those taking statins were 25
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Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2020
Executive Summary * The Scientific Report for the 2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans has just been published. This is the
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COVID-19 – deaths & excess deaths
Executive Summary * This week’s note looks at deaths during spring 2020 for Australia, the US, and the UK. It
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The risk of CVD over the next 10 years
Executive Summary Please login to view this content Introduction While the world continues to focus on one disease, it is
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Making value judgments about life and death
Introduction Apologies to those of you who have never watched “24”, but there are some cracking Jack Bauer jokes. My
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Social distancing – the evidence
Executive summary * For the purposes of this note, social distancing means the instructions we are being given to stay
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