Fibre – ask why, not how
Executive summary * This week’s note is about fibre. A recently published paper assumed that there is an optimal fibre
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Fiber, CVD & inflammation
Executive summary * This week’s note reviews a paper about fiber (total, cereal, vegetable and fruit fiber) and cardiovascular disease
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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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Does low carb mean low fiber?
The Lancet study, which was published on January 10th 2019, was presented as such a definitive nail in the coffin
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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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Review of 2018
A year ago, a review was published called “21st century science overload“. It reported that 2009 was the year when
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Fiber: a plausible mechanism?
Last week we looked at: what fiber is (indigestible carbohydrate); our requirement for fiber (none); the recommendations for fiber intake
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Fiber: An umbrella review
This week’s paper under review was published in March 2018. It was sent to me by someone curious to see
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Increasing Australia’s grain fibre intake could save the economy $3.3 billion a year
We’ve got a corker to dissect this week. The title of this note was the verbatim title of a press
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Replacing, not lowering, cholesterol would be more accurate
You Magazine, Mail on Sunday (18 & 25/5/14), featured a new book by Ian Marber and Dr Laura Corr, with
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