Alcohol & mortality
Executive summary * This week’s note is about something I don’t like the taste of – alcohol. * A large
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Health
MIND diet & cognitive decline
Executive summary * The anacronym MIND stands for Mediterranean–DASH Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay. The diet is the fruit/veg/grain/legume, largely plant-based,
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Breakfast timing & risk of T2D
Executive summary * A study generated headlines about the relationship between the incidence of type 2 diabetes (T2D) and intermittent
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Keto-like diet & heart disease
Executive summary * This post is unusually about a press release, which in turn was about a conference presentation. *
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The PURE study – diet, CVD & mortality in 80 countries
Executive summary * The PURE study is an ongoing large population study, which differs from other population studies because of
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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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My chat with Ben Rubin about the UK NHS health system
Part 1 Show Notes: Ben Rubin was born in East Anglia in 1981. He graduated from the University of Leeds.
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Finland, diet, cholesterol & heart disease
Executive Summary * This is the second part of the review of the North Karelia study, which claimed that reducing
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Did Finland prove that reducing (saturated) fat reduces heart disease?
Executive Summary * We’re looking at a classic study this week. The Professor Pekka Puska paper, published in 2009, entitled
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Heart healthy diets
Executive Summary * In 2021, the American Heart Association (AHA) issued a scientific statement setting out 10 key principles of
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