Diabetes

160. Tim Noakes Answers His Critics

This is a repost from Karen Thomson’s Blog. The original can be sourced at http://buff.ly/1EuS5zJ I am very grateful to Karen and Tim for permission to re-post. PROF TIM NOAKES – THE OLD MUTUAL HEALTH CONVENTION PRESENTATION SUMMARY By Karen Thomson, February 25, 2015 Written by Prof Tim Noakes My critics have called me deluded […]

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157. Could this be the breakthrough?

A paper entitled: “Evidence from randomised controlled trials did not support the introduction of dietary fat guidelines in 1977 and 1983: a systematic review and meta-analysis” by Zoe Harcombe and colleagues has been picked up by the press in a big way (1). Here are some examples of the headlines: • Daily Express: “FAT is

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156. Yorkshire Food Revolution

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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154. The Acidity of the Body

These days we are given all sorts of advice on healthy eating. There is much controversy about what actually constitutes a healthy diet. Readers of these blogs will know that there are many criticisms of the current official recommendations. There is a convincing case that complying with these will do more harm than good. Furthermore

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152. You Must Be Nuts!

I have just been watching the video entitled “You must be nuts!” which has been made by Obhi Chatterjee and colleagues. It can be viewed on You Tube here: The stimulus for this video was to try to understand why Obhi’s father had developed dementia and to identify ways in which the condition could be

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143. Drugged up to the Eyeballs!!!

The latest issue of the Health Survey for England provides data on the use of prescribed medicines by people living in the community, which therefore relate to the general population and not just those within the healthcare system. The results are based on information supplied by the individuals themselves rather than the agencies responsible for

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