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Energy balance vs carbohydrate insulin model – Part 2

August 22, 2022September 12, 2022 Zoë 5 Comments calories, carbohydrate insulin model of obesity, energy balance, member

Executive summary * This is the second of a two-part note looking at two models of obesity. One is called

Diet & Weight Newsletter Obesity

Energy balance vs carbohydrate insulin model of obesity – Part 1

August 15, 2022September 12, 2022 Zoë 5 Comments calories, carbohydrate insulin model of obesity, energy balance, member

Executive Summary * The standard explanation for obesity is that there is an energy imbalance. Both as individuals and populations,

Review of 2020

January 4, 2021August 21, 2021 Zoë 0 Comments anxiety, bone fractures, British Heart Foundation, calories, carnivore diet, Cochrane, coconut oil, conflicts of interest, COVID-19, dietary fat, dietary guidelines for americans, DiRECT, eatwell guide, familial hypercholesterolemia, fat shaming, HDL, high protein diets, inclisiran, intermittent fasting, keto diets, kidney disease, LDL, LDL-cholesterol, lockdowns, low carb, low fat, mortality, Obesity, PCSK9s, SACN, SAGE, saturated fat, social distancing, statins, time restricted eating, TMAO, type 2 diabetes, vegan diets, Veganuary, Virta, vitamin D

These are the topics that I covered in 2020: January Is veganuary healthy? Veganuary was launched in the UK in

Calories Newsletter

Where do calories go?

November 26, 2018June 3, 2020 Zoë 4 Comments 3500 calorie theory, calories, member, thermodynamics

Last Monday’s newsletter was the 400th! I started the Monday note in January 2011 and so I’ve just reached this

Calories Newsletter Obesity

Diet for weight maintenance

November 19, 2018June 3, 2020 Zoë 2 Comments calorie formula, calories, high carb diet, low carb diet, member

On 16th November 2018, NY Times reporter Anahad O’Connor tweeted that the number one most emailed story on the NY

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Low carb vs low fat

February 26, 2018April 7, 2018 Zoë 8 Comments 3500 calorie theory, 3500 formula, calories, low carb diet, low fat diet, low fat vs low carb, member, weight loss

I received so many emails about one study over the past few days that there can only be one topic

Calories Exercise Newsletter

Why we can’t outrun a bad diet

October 23, 2017June 3, 2020 Zoë 4 Comments calories, energy balance, exercise, member, thermodynamics

There’s been a recent twitter debate about diet vs. exercise in weight loss. One side has the view “You can’t

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Why 100,000 extra calories don’t equal 2 stone heavier

October 9, 2017June 3, 2020 Zoë 0 Comments 3500 calories, 3500 formula, calories, member

A Dutch rice cake company has provided the story for this week. Kallo is a well known brand name –

Conferences Newsletter Obesity

Fasting for weightloss

June 19, 2017June 19, 2017 Zoë 11 Comments calories, eat less do more, fasting, member, weight loss

I’ve just got back from speaking at the second Public Health Collaboration Conference. This one was held at the Manchester

Calories Newsletter Obesity

Kekwick & Pawan: is a calorie a calorie?

May 22, 2017June 3, 2020 Zoë 4 Comments calories, kekwick, member, Obesity, pawan, the lancet

I was hoping that this week’s note would report breakthroughs from the European Congress on Obesity, which was held in

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