‘Meat’ of plant-based diets: really best for people and planet?
By Marika Sboros Plant-based foods are a global trend. They are also blooming marvellous for bottom lines of companies producing these foods, as a Bloomberg [more]
diabetes
Diabetes – can you conquer it? Yes! A new book shows you the way
By Marika Sboros Can you conquer your diabetes? Sure you can. However, conquering it is a journey, not a destination. Fortunately, as the ancient Eastern [more]
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]
Vegetarian cookbook: gift goes on giving, even for meat-eaters!
By Marika Sboros Every now and then there comes a vegetarian cookbook that is a real gem, a healthy gift that goes on giving – [more]
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]
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 diet a weapon for protection, survival?
Revised* By Marika Sboros You could wait around hoping for a vaccine to fight COVID-19 or you could use a weapon already here, close at [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]
Fasting – benefits of life in the fast lane
By Marika Sboros Life In The Fasting Lane (Harper Wave) is a brave, new book on one of the oldest, traditional healing modalities. The [more]
Dr Mariela Glandt: sweet medicine to beat diabetes in Israel
By Marika Sboros A century ago, doctors looked on in awe as patients with type-1 diabetes responded to life-saving insulin therapy. These days, Israeli endocrinologist [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]
Heikkilä: Is he Finland’s Noakes or Fettke?
By Marika Sboros Is it most correct to call Dr Antti Heikkilä Finland’s Tim Noakes, Gary Fettke? What about Shawn Baker, Annika Dahlqvist or Èvelyne [more]
Shawn Baker: heavyweight medicine man in praise of meat
VITAL SIGNS By Marika Sboros US physician and orthopaedic surgeon Dr Shawn Baker once dreamt of owning a cheesecake factory. He also dreamt of being [more]
Fasting: quick ways to get rid of unwanted side effects
By Marika Sboros Fasting really is as old as the hills of ancient Greece. It’s a bedrock of traditional healing systems across the globe to [more]
Dr Jason Fung’s single best weight loss tip!
By Marika Sboros Psst! If your MD or dietitian still subscribes to the CICO (calories-in, calories-out) obesity model, find another one. Quick! According to the [more]
Vegan diet – ‘best for type 2 diabetes’, say UK scientists
By Marika Sboros A predominantly plant-based or vegan diet may be best for keeping type 2 diabetes in check, say UK scientists. That’s not least [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]
Seriously! Stomach surgery first option for diabetics?
By Marika Sboros I’m always somewhat unnerved when doctors encourage diabetics to have bariatric (stomach) surgery before they’ve tried more effective, safer, less invasive methods. Like [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]
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]