Nutrition crisis: healing the harm from bad science
By Marika Sboros Crisis, you say. What crisis? If you’re talking nutrition science, it’s not just one crisis. Take your pick from related crises around [more]
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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]
Statins: cardiologists take aim at heart of media support
By Marika Sboros The Guardian newspaper in the UK has been haemorrhaging readers for years. The newspaper’s recent uncritical support for medical orthodoxy and dogma [more]
Trump: he’s officially obese, shorter – and more!
By Marika Sboros It’s official. US President Donald Trump is obese and shorter than he claims to be. Trump physician Dr Sean Conley has released [more]
Statins revival: doctors in fiery pact with devil or drug industry?
By Marika Sboros If you think robust evidence of serious health risks has dealt a terminal blow to the billion-dollar statin industry’s heart, think again. [more]
High blood pressure: doctor’s ignorance the real disease?
By Marika Sboros Can you turn something into a disease just by giving it a fancy Latin title? Scottish GP Dr Malcolm Kendrick says you [more]
Diet-heart hypothesis: a zombie or written in scientific stone?
By Marika Sboros The diet-heart hypothesis is a curious creature. To some scientists and physicians, the hypothesis that saturated fat causes heart disease is a [more]
Saturated fat causes heart disease? Bollocks, says Kendrick!
Quick! If your doctor or dietitian still says you should eat a low-fat diet for your heart’s sake, find another one. In the final of [more]
Cholesterol, fat heart puzzle – Kendrick solves it
Some find it puzzling that cardiologists still tell patients to avoid saturated fat like the plague. And that they also tell patients to lower their [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]
Big Food, Big Pharma killing for profit? Yes, say doctors in Europe
By Marika Sboros Are Big Food and Big Pharma really killing people for profit globally? Yes, say some medical doctors in the UK and Europe. [more]
Healthy diet: Modern medicine’s ‘big mistake’
By Marika Sboros If you’re expecting scientific consensus on just what constitutes a “healthy diet” in 2018, don’t hold your breath. Many doctors and dietitians [more]
Healthy eating – not always healthy for you!
Healthy eating. Is it a given that it’s good for you? Not always. It can stimulate orthorexia nervosa – the psychological term for an ‘unhealthy [more]
Carnivore queen, white-hat hacker O’Hearn on magic of meat
VITAL SIGNS By Marika Sboros Today, Foodmed launches Vital Signs, an occasional series of Q&A interviews with those forging new paths in nutrition science globally. [more]
Kendrick on the Inuit, nosebleeds and heart disease
Scottish GP Dr Malcolm Kendrick says there is good reason that the Canadian Inuit had frequent nosebleeds but zero heart disease. Kendrick is an author [more]
Low-fat good for you? Experts keep zombie myth alive
The low-fat diet for heart disease and other serious chronic diseases is a zombie myth, say some doctors and nutrition experts. Those who keep it [more]
Low-Carb Companion: a new best friend for life
By Marika Sboros Low-carb books are not yet a dime a dozen but they are weighing down shelves in bookstores and in cyberspace. The Low-Carb Companion should fly [more]
Coconut oil – can it kill you or will the AHA kill you first?
By Marika Sboros The American Heart Association (AHA) is raising researchers’ blood pressure into the stratosphere. The BBC reported the AHA latest “presidential advisory ” [more]
Obesity? Forget the fats, it’s the carbs, stupid, says cardiologist
What does obesity have to do with hearts? Lots. Icelandic cardiologist Dr Axel Sigurdsson spoke recently at a meeting mostly of cardiologists and endocrinologists. He [more]
Statins side effects ‘all in the mind’ – Seriously?
Are the sides effects of cholesterol-lowering drugs known as statins really all in the mind? A new Lancet study appears to suggest that this is [more]