Ketogenic diets – where REAL risk lies
Ketogenic (very low-carbohydrate) diets are becoming mainstream to treat a wide range of life-threatening and life-altering metabolic and neurological illnesses, ranging from type 2 diabetes [more]
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Naiman weighs in on low-carb versus low-fat wars
By Marika Sboros Among the plethora of diet books weighing down virtual shelves, I came across a quirky one: The P:E Diet by US physician [more]
Bikman on the hidden epidemic, why we get sick, how we heal
By Marika Sboros Every now and then comes a book that all physicians, scientists, researchers and lesser mortals should read. Why We Get Sick is [more]
Dr James Muecke eyes sugar, T2 diabetes: a ‘real pandemic’?
By Marika Sboros Australian ophthalmologist Dr James Muecke has clear vision. He wakes each day and sees in graphic, gory detail a threat hanging over [more]
COVID-19: is there an ancient path to beat modern viral pandemics?
By Marika Sboros Is there a simple, scientific way to protect us all from the latest coronavirus pandemic and viral pandemics in future? Are governments [more]
Dietitians: health hazards or mainstream healers in 2020?
Will dietitians be the movers and shakers who make LCHF go medical mainstream in 2020? A new LCHF online training course aims to equip dietitians to be healers rather than public-health hazards.
Cholesterol fears, hearts, fake news, the age game: who plays?
By Marika Sboros Many people have asked Scottish GP Malcolm Kendrick to comment on a controversial new study about cholesterol that is making headlines around [more]
Israel wakes up to keto and low-carb
By Marika Sboros Dr Mariela Glandt is the brains behind Israel’s first keto, low-carb, high-healthy-fat (LCHF) conference. The event draws leading LCHF and nutrition experts [more]
Ketosis for kids: the real magic of mother’s milk
By Marika Sboros It’s not just parents who fear the “k” word – ketosis – for kids. Many, if not most, paediatricians and paediatric dietitians [more]
Facebook: why did it really take down a top low-carb group?
By Marika Sboros What’s really behind Facebook’s deletion of one of its biggest low-carb groups, the Banting 7 Day Meal Plans? The social media titan’s [more]
Herzegovina plays host to Keto Health Revolution
By Marika Sboros How easy is it to stay not just low-carb but keto (very low-carb) over the holidays, specially winter? Easy enough – when [more]
Harvard study: ‘Case against carbs, for fats grows stronger’
By Marika Sboros It’s not the definitive word for the best weight-loss diets but it’s close. And it doesn’t venture into the contentious plant- versus [more]
Fettke: cover-up grows as case against him collapses
By Marika Sboros Australian orthopaedic surgeon Dr Gary Fettke’s professional reputation and licence to practise medicine are no longer under threat. The Australian Health Practitioner [more]
Fettke free at last as AHPRA drops all charges
By Marika Sboros Australian orthopaedic surgeon Dr Gary Fettke is a free and vindicated man. The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) has dropped all [more]
Low-carb diets will shorten your life? Fat chance!
By Marika Sboros Well, here’s a page-turner for the diet books. A new study in The Lancet Public Health claims that low-carb diets could be [more]
Vintage eating: look backward, fast forward for good health!
By Marika Sboros Fast food is often just a euphemism for junk food. Ditto for “convenience”, so-called “comfort” food. A new book gives bold new taste, [more]
PHC finally lays low-fat diets to rest – forever! Part 2
By Marika Sboros Are you on a low-fat, high-carb diet because your doctor or dietitian says that it’s “healthy”?That’s “fake news”, says Scottish professor of [more]
LCHF slips into medical mainstream at PHC event! PART 1
By Marika Sboros If you harbour any doubt that low-carb, high-healthy-fat (LCHF) diets are becoming medical mainstream, the recent Public Health Collaboration (PHC) annual conference [more]
Mikhaila Peterson: Poster girl for a carnivore lifestyle
By Marika Sboros Canadian Mikhaila Peterson (26) has become the global poster girl for a carnivorous lifestyle. Mikhaila now eats meat and salt only and [more]
Noakes: Will academic mobsters silence him?
By Marika Sboros Will academic “mobsters” win their battle to muzzle Cape Town scientist Prof Tim Noakes? And how did the dietitian with a business [more]