Sugar the evidence
Just as this page documents recent academic articles questioning current dietary advice, so this page documents recent academic articles about
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fizzy drinks
Do sugary drinks cause menstruation to start earlier?
I have never had reason to write about the impact of sugary drinks on the age of menstruation – until
Read moreThe medical profession’s prescription for the nation’s obesity crisis
Back in April 2012, The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges announced that they were launching a review into the UK
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Diabetes UK & Low Carb Diets – what is the official advice for diabetics?
Introduction The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimated that there were 171 million diabetes sufferers worldwide before the end of the last
Read moreDr Aseem Malhotra rallies Jamie Oliver, Steven Gerrard, teachers & doctors to fight childhood obesity
Dr Aseem Malhotra, a cardiologist seeing the consequences of poor diet and obesity on a daily basis, has become a
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Red meat & mortality & the usual bad science
The media lit up on the evening of Monday March 12th as a press release was issued about an article
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24,000 diabetes deaths a year ‘could be avoided’
This news story broke on 14 December 2011. There are 2.3 million diabetics in the UK. The vast majority (c.
Read moreThe White Paper on Public Health (Andrew Lansley)
The long awaited White Paper on public health has been published (30/11/2010). As someone working exclusively in the field of
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