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Coffee makes you live longer?

July 17, 2017July 17, 2017 Zoë 2 Comments coffee, EPIC study, epidemiology, five-a-day, member, mortality

I love coffee. I start the day with a huge, milky cappuccino – with caffeine – and then switch to

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Can pasta help you to lose weight?

July 11, 2016August 15, 2016 Zoë 2 Comments BMI, EPIC study, member, pasta, weight loss

On Monday 4th July 2016, a somewhat implausible headline was gracing world newspapers. From the US to the UK ,

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Five a day is enough? Enough of the myth anyway

August 4, 2014August 21, 2016 Zoë 0 Comments association, EPIC study, epidemiology, five-a-day, member, mortality

No apologies for returning to the five a day topic. For as long as the powers-that-be keep extolling the virtues

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The five-a-day Con

April 7, 2014July 31, 2016 Zoë 0 Comments EPIC study, five-a-day, fruit, member, randomised control trial, sugar

Crikey what a busy week! No sooner had last week’s newsletter gone out, Sky News were on the phone saying

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The perfect five-a-day?

April 2, 2014August 21, 2016 Zoë 41 Comments 5-a-day, 7-a-day, cancer, complete protein, dark green leafy veg, eggs, EPIC study, essential fats, five-a-day, fruit, fruit and veg, kale, liver, optimal diet, sardines, seven-a-day, sunflower seeds, vegetables, vitamin C, vitamins and minerals

This is a follow-up to this post. A study came out on 1st April 2014 (no joke) suggesting that we

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Meat consumption and mortality

March 13, 2013July 31, 2016 Zoë 19 Comments cancer, cardiovascular disease, CVD, death rates, deaths, EPIC study, epidemiology, meat, meat consumption and mortality, processed meat, red meat

An article entitled “Meat consumption and mortality – results from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer [EPIC] and Nutrition” was

Five-a-day – is it enough?!

March 23, 2011August 21, 2016 Zoë 2 Comments 5-a-day, 8-a-day, cancer, EPIC study, five-a-day, fruit, heart disease, Obesity, The Independent, The Obesity Epidemic

Five-a-day – is it enough?! Zoe Harcombe comments on an article in The Independent about 5-a-day and heart disease, cancer and bad science.