Is saturated fat worse than sugar?
Executive Summary * A paper was published in Diabetes Care in May 2020 called “Intrahepatic fat and postprandial glycemia increase
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Is lack of sleep making us fat?
At the end of August 2019, I spotted the following tweet from a doctor: “Was thinking about less acute stress
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How can a 3 year old have a lifestyle condition?
I remember attending an obesity conference in Liverpool in 2009 arranged by the Association for the Study of Obesity. One
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Does alcohol make us gain weight?
We were approached earlier this year by a Science journalist writing a book about the evidence for and against alcohol.
Read moreHow calorie counting makes you fat
On Feb 16 2012, there was a new item in the Daily Mail Femail section. They often do these little
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Poly Cystic Ovaries, PCOS, Hormones & Weight
Some years ago, in a swimming pool in Malta of all places, I was having a conversation with an attractive
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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.
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Diet Pills – Part 2 – Carb blockers
I’m going to do a series of short blogs on different diet pills and what they claim to do. They
Read moreShould a diet advisor be slim?
When Atkins slipped on the ice and fell, there were more media comments about allegations that he was very overweight
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