A paper which has just been published concluded that: “Recent studies suggest that low carbohydrate diets appear to be safe and effective over the short term, but show no statistical differences from control diets with higher carbohydrate content and cannot be recommended as the default treatment for people with type 2 diabetes.” (1) This is in […]
192. Assessing Diets which have Low Carbohydrates Read More »
It is well established that it takes several weeks of adaptation to get the fat-burning systems functioning effectively. But there is rather more to this than simply reducing the carbohydrates and replacing them with fat. As Steve Phinney has emphasised, the mineral balance has to be considered (1). This means that if the diet is
191. Get the Fat Burners Working to Improve Performance in Sport Read More »
For many years the accepted wisdom for those participating in any sports that required endurance was that carbohydrate-loading was essential in order to meet the demands for an energy supply. This view was reinforced by the results of investigations designed to compare the effectiveness of fat and carbohydrate as energy sources which apparently demonstrated the
An extremely valuable contribution to our understanding of contemporary nutrition has just been released. This is a review of research which has been conducted by a team from the Credit Suisse Bank. The primary purpose is to understand the basic concepts which should be used to devise a diet consistent with good health. In my
188. Report by Credit Suisse Research on Nutrition Read More »
SUBMISSION TO: Hon. Jillian Skinner, MP, Government of New South Wales FROM: Dr Verner Wheelock I am extremely concerned about the expulsion of Jennifer Elliott from the Dietitians Association of Australia (DAA) because of her recommendation to lower carbohydrate diets to people with insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes (T2D). Furthermore I find it incomprehensible that the
187. Letter to Health Minister in New South Wales about Official Advice on Low Carb Read More »
In March 2015, NHS England announced the Diabetes Prevention Programme (DPP) which is a joint initiative with Public Health England (PHE) and Diabetes UK (1).The object is to achieve a significant reduction in the number of people with Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) which is expected to be about 4 million if no action is taken.
Diabetes UK has just issued another warning about Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) in a press statement (1). According to this, there are now almost 3.5 million people in England and Wales who have been diagnosed with T2D, which is an increase of over 60% in the past 10 years. The true value is probably about
185. Type 2 Diabetes Policy is an Absolute Shambles Read More »
There is no absolutely no doubt that the dietary recommendations which were formulated by the US Senate Committee chaired by George McGovern have proved to be disastrous. Effectively this resulted in public health policies all over the world advising that total fat, especially the saturated fats (SFAs) should be reduced and that there should be
183. The Significance of the Low Carb Summit in Cape Town, February 2015 Read More »
There is now overwhelming evidence that Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) can be reversed by simply altering the diet by reducing the intake of sugar and carbohydrates, which can be replaced by healthy fats (1). One of the latest developments is a case study from the general practice of Dr David Unwin and Dr Simon Tobin
I have recently been writing letters to our local newspaper “The Craven Herald” (1) in which I have advocated a fundamental shift in NHS policies. My stance is that pouring more and more money into the system is a dead end approach. In particular, there needs to be a switch in emphasis towards prevention at