Nutrition – Verners Views

300. HEALTHY EATING: THE BIG MISTAKE

Health policy, Nutrition, Uncategorized / By VWheelock

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287. Lore of Nutrition: Using Science Power to Beat Diet Dictators

Nutrition / By VWheelock

This post is by my good friend and colleague Marika Sboros who has co-authored with Professor Tim Noakes “The Lore of Nutrition”, which has just been launched in South Africa. This is a fascinating story and I have no doubt that this book will have a major impact on the contemporary nutrition scene. I am …

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285. The Contribution of Engineers to Nutrition

Nutrition / By VWheelock

The chaos in nutrition There is little doubt that nutritional science is in a real mess. Despite convincing evidence of the benefits of a diet, which is low in carbohydrates and high in healthy fats (LCHF) authorities continue to recommend diets that are high in carbohydrates and low in fat. This advice has contributed to …

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269. The Persecution of Professor Tim Noakes

Nutrition / By VWheelock

Background I am sure many readers will be familiar with the “trial” of Professor Tim Noakes by the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA), which has just been completed. Essentially Noakes has been accused of various aspects of misconduct on the grounds that he has advocated the benefits of diets low in carbohydrates and …

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156. Yorkshire Food Revolution

Current Recommendations, Nutrition / By VWheelock

YORKSHIRE FOOD REVOLUTION Reducing the risk of heart disease, diabetes and obesity There is a wide variety of high quality foods produced in Yorkshire, especially meat and meat products as well as butter, cheese, cream and yoghurts which are based on milk from cattle and sheep. Unfortunately many of these are regarded as “unhealthy” because …

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148. BMJ Joins the Debate on Saturated Fat

Nutrition / By VWheelock

When the article entitled “Saturated fat is not the major issue” by cardiology specialist DR Aseem Malhotra appeared in the BMJ there were over 30 responses. These give us a valuable insight into the debate. Dr Malhotra concludes that the advice to reduce saturated fat (SFA) has increased the risks of cardiovascular disease (CVD) rather …

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106. Bad Science and Big Business Responsible for Obesity Epidemic

Heart disease, Nutrition / By VWheelock

Dr David Diamond is a neuroscientist who was overweight with high values for his blood cholesterol (TC) and triglycerides, which indicated that he was a prime candidate for heart disease. He was therefore typical of those who are recommended to be prescribed statins on the grounds that this treatment will lower the TC and therefore …

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64 The Foodswitch Fiasco

Current Recommendations, Nutrition, Soft drinks / By VWheelock

Foodswitch UK is an app which has just been launched in the UK with the objective of assisting consumers to identify the healthier options of specific food types (1). The recommendations are based on an evaluation of the nutrition information, which can be accessed via the app by scanning the barcode. Details are presented for …

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59 Are Fruit and Vegetables Really Good for Us?

Current Recommendations, Nutrition / By VWheelock

It is widely assumed that we should be eating plenty of fruit and vegetables…..hence the recommendation “Five a Day”. In this Blog I will consider some of the relevant evidence. There is little doubt that some fruit and vegetables should be included in a healthy diet but does it follow that more is better? Obviously …

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30. Does Calorie Reduction Result in Long Term Loss of Body Weight?

Calorie control, Nutrition, Obesity, Weight loss / By VWheelock

At any given time there are large numbers of people who are attempting to lose weight. For example a survey conducted in Denmark found that 25% of people classified as underweight were slimming (1). The results for all BMI categories are in Table 1 TABLE 1. PROPORTION SLIMMING IN THE DIFFERENT BMI CATEGORIES BASED ON …

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