The power of Continuous Glucose Monitors
Executive summary * This Thursday, 14th November, is World Diabetes Day. This second note to mark the occasion shares personal
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Conditions
Progress since the last World Diabetes Day
Executive summary Please login to view this content Introduction World Diabetes Day is on 14th November each year. This year
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Can vitamin C help Type 2 Diabetes?
Executive summary Please login to view this content Introduction Dr Peter Brukner is one of my top senders of papers
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SACN (UK) final report on saturated fat
Executive summary * In June 2014, the UK Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN) was tasked with reviewing the role
Read morePlant based diets & type 2 diabetes
Executive summary * Yet another paper was published from the Harvard epidemiology production line. This one claimed that eating plant-based
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Processed food, CVD & NOVA
Executive summary Please login to view this content Introduction It’s been difficult keeping up with the diet and health studies
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Prebiotics, Probiotics & Anxiety
Introduction On 25th May, I spotted a small item in the newspaper with the headline “Veg gives a bellyful of
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Low fat diet & breast cancer
Introduction I had just arrived in south west Scotland, for an ethical farming conference, when a couple of emails arrived.
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Low carb diets and mortality
Introduction This week we’re looking at a classic article, which was published in January 2013. It was called “Low-Carbohydrate Diets
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The relationships between heart disease, cholesterol & dietary fat in Europe
In this post we are looking at some interesting findings from the latest European Cardiovascular Disease Statistics (2017). Let’s start
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