Microbiome: Gut instinct tells you why it’s so important
The ancient Greeks believed that all disease begins and ends in the gut. South African Jessica le Roux is on board with that thinking. She [more]
Month: Jul 2016
Real cause of heart disease? Not diet, says Kendrick!
Some doctors say a high-carb diet causes heart disease. Others say that’s not the case. Scottish GP Malcolm Kendrick has a different take. He says [more]
Why is Harvard sticking the knife into butter again?
By Marika Sboros It is official: Harvard scientists say butter is not back. Saturated fat will kill you. Fat phobia is back – with a [more]
Obesity: how your body uses fat to protect you
Who would have thought obesity has its good side? Most doctors will tell you it sets you up for a host of other life-threatening conditions, [more]
The Big Fat Fix: quick, get your hit here!
By Marika Sboros How delicious and cool is this! British cardiologist Dr Aseem Malhotra’s new movie, The Big Fat Fix, premiered at Westminster to MPs on [more]
Finally – death to the idea that carbs make you fat?
US scientist Dr Kevin Hall is keen to kill off the carb-insulin hypothesis of obesity. That’s the one that says carbohydrates, especially refined carbs and [more]
Oscar Pistorius: the real malady that made him a killer?
Here’s an updated column I wrote during the trial of South African Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius for the murder of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on February 14, [more]
Why coconut oil is so good for hearts and minds
Coconut oil has had undeservedly bad press for decades. For years, scientists, doctors and dietitians demonised it and other foods such as butter, eggs and bacon. [more]
Will pasta make you thin? Fat chance!
By Marika Sboros Italian scientists say they have proved that eating pasta won’t make you fat. That it actually helps you to get thin. That’s [more]
A ‘cure’ for type 2 diabetes: Dr Jason Fung’s 2 easy steps
Are you a type 2 diabetic, pre-diabetic or have a family history of diabetes? If so, this is one of the most important blogs you’ll [more]
Noakes: doctors, dietitians make diabetes a threat to life?
Here’s a sobering thought: many doctors and dietitians make diabetes life-threatening when it doesn’t have to be. They do that by giving the wrong dietary [more]
UK Eatwell Guide boosts ‘industry wealth not public health’
THIS POST UPDATED ON OCTOBER 3, 2016 WITH NEW RESEARCH. By Marika Sboros Is the UK government dishing up bad dietary advice to its citizens? [more]
NEW ATKINS FOR NEW YOU: ‘EXERCISE STRATEGY OF THE FUTURE’
The Atkins Diet radically destabilised medical and dietary establishments in the US in the 1960s. The brainchild of the late US physician and cardiologist Dr [more]
KILLING FAT PHOBIA IN A HEART BEAT: LOW CARB USA 2016
By Marika Sboros For decades, cardiologists, dietitians and assorted experts around the globe have warned people to avoid saturated fat like the proverbial plague. They said it [more]