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]
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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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
‘PURE’ proof that fats don’t kill and dietary guidelines are wrong?
By Marika Sboros PURE is the acronym for a major new (Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology) cohort study that is creating controversy about dietary guidelines globally. [more]
How to eat yourself well – the rise of the ‘micropowers’
By Marika Sboros Can you eat yourself sick? Of course, you can. Knowing how is liberating because if you can eat yourself sick, you can [more]
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]
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]
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]
Don’t just swallow what doctors say on statins: Kosterich
Statins are blockbuster drugs that make billions for pharmaceutical companies. Research shows these drugs do little to make patients’ lives longer or better. Read The Truth [more]
NOAKES IN HIS OWN WORDS: ‘WHY I CHOOSE TO GO ON TRIAL – Part 2
University of Cape Town emeritus professor Tim Noakes loves challenging convention and being challenged. ‘It’s when I learn,’ he says. Noakes has challenged conventional ‘wisdom’ [more]
Always hungry? Ludwig on feeling full without getting fat
When it comes to nutrition, Harvard professor Dr David Ludwig restores flagging faith in that formerly revered research institution. Ludwig’s latest book, Always Hungry? is [more]
Harvard’s hungry voice of nutrition sanity – David Ludwig!
Like many people, I used to be in awe of Harvard University Medical School. Until increasingly odd science began emanating from luminaries Harvard’s hallowed research [more]
Dietary guidelines: why they make you fatter, sicker
Governments, doctors and dietitians use dietary guidelines to dish up advice to you on what to eat and what not to eat. You’d expect that [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]
Low Carb USA 2016: rumble in the nutrition science jungle!
By Marika Sboros The US government’s dietary guidelines have made people fatter and sicker over the past 40 years and need a complete overhaul, say [more]