Are vegetarians & vegans less likely to get Covid-19?
Executive summary * Population studies typically involve tens or hundreds of thousands of people. This population study involved 702 people
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COVID-19
Review of 2023
Happy New Year! We’re kicking off with a review of last year. As many people think about diet at this
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Does exercise improve the effectiveness of COVID vaccination?
Executive summary * A study was conducted in South Africa to test the hypothesis that exercise improves the effectiveness of
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Does not having a COVID jab increase your risk of a traffic crash?
Executive summary * A novel paper generated news headlines in December 2022. It tried to evaluate if COVID vaccination was
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Weight gain during lockdown
Executive summary * This note undertook a systematic search of the literature on the subject of weight gain during lockdown.
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JCVI conflicts of interest
Executive summary * On February 16th, 2022, the UK Joint Committee for Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) issued a statement to
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These are the topics that I covered in 2021: January Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2020-2025. The Dietary Guidelines for Americans
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COVID-19 Anxiety Syndrome Scale
Executive summary * COVID-19 brought profound changes to the way we live. There has been a significant increase in the
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The Zoe app, Covid-19 & supplements
Executive summary * The Zoe app, as it has become known, was developed by Professor Tim Spector (Kings College London)
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Plant-based diets & COVID-19
Executive Summary (I had a rapid response published on this). * A paper was published in BMJ Nutrition Prevention &
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