Meat guidelines – the evidence
Executive summary * Six papers about red and processed meat were published in the Annals of Internal Medicine on 30th
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epidemiology
Plant 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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The EAT Lancet Diet & the EPIC Study
Executive summary Please login to view this content Introduction On June 21st, 2019, a paper was published in The Lancet
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The definition of red meat
Introduction I try to mix up the topics for the Monday note – it’s good to do a conference round-up
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Red meat and bowel cancer
Introduction I started getting emails early on the morning of April 17th. People were sending me this story from the
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A global diet in an obese and starving world
Introduction In my last year of corporate life (2008), as HR Director across a group of companies I introduced ‘Lunch
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Diet and deaths
Introduction The Lancet is pumping out diet articles at quite a rate. The most recent study was published on 3rd
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Does skipping breakfast increase the risk of Type 2 Diabetes?
Introduction One of my lovely supporters, Andrew Martin, sent me a study from November 2018 which I missed (Ref 1).
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Why do studies conclude that fiber is associated with better health?
Introduction On January 10th 2019, The Lancet published yet another article raving about carbohydrates and fiber (Ref 1). The lead
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Low carb diets could shorten life (really?!)
The BBC headline was ”Low-carb diets could shorten life, study suggests” (Ref 1). In the US, CNN went with “Low
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