Groundhog Day as the HPCSA goes after Noakes again
By Marika Sboros Groundhog Day or deja vue? Take your pick. The Health Professions Council of SA (HPCSA) has announced an appeal against its own [more]
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ADSA – dealing with defeat in ‘Nutrition Trial of the 21st Century
By Marika Sboros If defeat is best seen through the lens of a life lesson, the leaders of the Association for Dietetics in South Africa [more]
Noakes not guilty, ‘did no harm, broke no laws’
By Marika Sboros Prof Tim Noakes has been found not guilty of unprofessional conduct for a single tweet in February 2014 saying that good first [more]
Noakes: did disgruntled dietitians set him up?
By Marika Sboros Prof Tim Noakes did not have a doctor-patient relationship with a breastfeeding mother on Twitter. His tweet caused no harm to her [more]
Noakes: elephant in the room proves he’s not guilty?
By Marika Sboros Prof Tim Noakes was guilty of unprofessional conduct on “a balance of probability”, advocate Ajay Bhoopchand argued in closing yesterday. He also [more]
Noakes – who ultimately holds the key to his fate
By Marika Sboros What – or who – is really behind the prosecution of scientist Prof Tim Noakes? Where did it actually start. Is it [more]
Alzheimer’s – fat may be a piece of the prevention, ‘reversal’ puzzle
By Marika Sboros Alzheimer’s – the word is enough to strike terror in the hardiest of hearts and minds. Doctors often call Alzheimer’s disease the [more]
AHPRA: ‘rats’ abandon sinking ship after attempts to silence Fettke?
By Marika Sboros The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) is facing mass resignations from its medical boards nationally. Like the proverbial rats leaving a [more]
Naudé Review: toxic brew of mistakes, mischief against Noakes?
By Marika Sboros The Naudé Review by South African scientists, published in PLoS One in 2014, was once the foundation of medical and dietetic opposition [more]
DOES DAA TARGET DISSIDENT DIETITIANS WITH FAKE NEWS?
By Marika Sboros When the Dietitians Association of Australia (DAA) isn’t dishing up fake nutrition news to the public, it makes up fake news to [more]
DAA CLUELESS ON LCHF – DIETITIAN DOWN UNDER
Feng-Yuan Liu, of Metro Dietetics, is a relatively rare but growing species Down Under: a dietitian who is a member of Dietitians Association of Australia [more]
WHY DAA MAY REGRET ‘SLEEPING WITH THE ENEMY’
By Marika Sboros It’s no real surprise that Big Food loves the Dietitians Association of Australia (DAA). DAA has quietly carved out close to a [more]
DAA TALKING HEADS: TIME FOR NEW CONVERSATION?
By Marika Sboros One reason for the Dietitians Association of Australia (DAA) credibility problem, say critics, is its public face. They say that by default or [more]
Noakes v ILSI ‘queenpins’ trying to nail him
By Marika Sboros So, it has taken a brilliant US investigative journalist to expose all the food industry’s “biggies” trying to silence scientist Prof Tim [more]
FAT PHOBIA: WILL TEEN REBELS FREE YOU FROM ITS SHACKLES?
Will teens be the rebels who free you from the shackles of fat phobia forever this year? Sammy Pepys, one of my favourite nutrition bloggers, [more]
SWISS RE: DIETARY GUIDELINES A ‘FAILED HUMAN EXPERIMENT’
By Marika Sboros Global reinsurer Swiss Re is calling for radical reform of low-fat, high-carb dietary guidelines. The call follows global investment bank Credit Suisse’s [more]
LOOK WHO’S FIGHTING MEDICAL DIABETES GROWTH INDUSTRY!
By Marika Sboros Many doctors and dietitians are still pessimistic about diabetes. They tell patients that diabetes is chronic, progressive and irreversible. They tell patients [more]
IN PRAISE OF LOW-CARB: CANADIAN DOCTORS RISE UP AGAINST DOGMA!
By Marika Sboros UPDATE, October 16, 2017: Over 700 doctors and allied practitioners have now signed. This is big: nearly 200 doctors and allied health [more]
FETTKE: VICTIM OF KANGAROO COURT DOWN UNDER? Part 2
This is the final of a two-part series on the strange case of Australian orthopaedic surgeon Dr Gary Fettke. The country’s medical regulatory body has banned [more]
KENDRICK: SWEDEN GETS IT RIGHT WITH ‘IDIOT’ DIETITIANS
Trust Scottish GP Dr Malcolm Kendrick to get down and dirty to the heart of medical ethical dilemmas. Kendrick doesn’t suffer fools gladly. In particular [more]