Sugar addiction: how to beat ‘elephant in the kitchen’
By Marika Sboros Is there really such a thing as sugar addiction? What about carb addiction? Some scientists say it’s hype and marketing. Others say [more]
Month: June 2016
Perfect storm of heart disease: how to protect yourself
Cardiologists are quick to reach for the prescription pad for patients with heart disease. Ditto for endocrinologists faced with diabetics. It’s as if they believe [more]
Statins: more evidence on mad waste of time, money
By Marika Sboros Cardiologists have said it for years. New Israeli research backs it up: millions of people globally take powerful cholesterol-lowering drugs they don’t [more]
Physician, heal thyself, learn nutrition!
Here’s a brilliant blog everyone should read – doctors, patients, perfectly healthy people. It’s why doctors need to be frogmarched back to school if necessary to [more]
Low Carb USA 2016: rumble in the nutrition science jungle!
By Marika Sboros The US government’s dietary guidelines have made people fatter and sicker over the past 40 years and need a complete overhaul, say [more]
Britain’s ‘fat wars’: PHC warriors take up low-carb arms
By Marika Sboros Britain’s “fat wars” are spreading, as sporadic skirmishes break out between the newly created independent Public Health Collaboration (PHC) and the establishment [more]
Hearty new evidence: even ‘bad’ cholesterol good for you!
By Marika Sboros For decades, you’ve been fed big fat lies about saturated fat: that it will kill you, and you should lower your cholesterol to [more]
All seed oils safe to eat? Fat chance!
By Marika Sboros Globally, scientists say growing and compelling evidence reveals significant health risks associated with use of seed oils such as canola and sunflower [more]
UK ‘FAT WARS’: MARTIN LUTHER MOMENT FOR MEDICINE?
It began with a powerful public statement in May 2016 by leading British doctors, dietitians and scientists demanding that orthodoxy in medicine confronts its terminal [more]
Low-carb for fatty liver? No-brainer! says cardiologist
It’s a killer disease you can’t catch even as its tentacles spread across the globe. It is called NAFLD – non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. That [more]
NOAKES ‘TRIAL OF THE 21ST CENTURY’: THE EVIDENCE Part 2
By Marika Sboros First you become fat, then you develop insulin resistance, right? Probably not. South African scientist Prof Tim Noakes has been researching ketosis since [more]
Cancer therapy of the future? Already here, says Fettke!
The metabolic model of cancer has to be one of the most exciting areas of research these days. Australian orthopaedic surgeon Dr Gary Fettke is [more]
Framingham: fatal flaws in low-fat science for hearts
You may idly wonder sometimes why doctors and dietitians still trot out advice to eat a low-fat diet to protect your heart when there wasn’t [more]