Time to rethink saturated fat?!
Executive summary Please login to view this content Introduction We had the absolute delight of hosting Dr Peter Brukner and
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Food in the Canary Islands
A few years ago we fell in love with the Canary Islands. There are seven islands – in order or
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The UK diet – then and now
Last week’s papers were full of details about how the UK diet has changed over the years. The BBC covered
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Portion sizes – by guesswork or by nutrients?
The diet and health story that caught my eye last week was very visual. The Daily Mail’s “Good Health” had
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World Health Organisation, meat & cancer
Today, 26th October 2015, the World Health Organisation declared the consumption of red meat as “probably carcinogenic to humans, based
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The Mediterranean Diet: What people really eat in the Med
Back from holiday and it seems fitting to cover The Mediterranean Diet, as we’ve been indulging in it for the
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Food Groups
There must be something about the number five and public health dietary advice. First the myth of five-a-day, then five
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Animal protein as bad as smoking? Headlines based on 6 deaths!
A study was published on 4th March 2014 with a press release claiming “Meat and cheese may be as bad
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Animal protein as bad as smoking?!
On March 4th 2014, articles started to appear on line. “Animal protein-rich diets could be as harmful to health as
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Meat consumption and mortality
An article entitled “Meat consumption and mortality – results from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer [EPIC] and Nutrition” was
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