Cancer: Fung sees the future, cracks the code
By Marika Sboros Are you or is anyone you love battling cancer? If so, you need Canadian nephrologist (kidney specialist) Dr Jason Fung on your [more]
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Kendrick, Wikipedia and ‘dark forces’ waging war on science
By Marika Sboros When I heard that Wikipedia had deleted Scottish GP Dr Malcolm Kendrick’s profile, I was shocked. Not just because I’ve met Kendrick, [more]
UK hospital in world first call: Ditch sugar!
By Marika Sboros You know the dietary times really are a-changin’ when a UK hospital calls on a community to stop eating sugar and processed [more]
Sugar tax – usual suspects say, ‘It wasn’t us!’
A sugar tax is a good thing, right? It’s a significant step to resolve obesity and type 2 diabetes pandemics? Public-health experts want you to [more]
Sugar ‘conspiracy’ – sweet figment of the mind? Lustig weighs in
By Marika Sboros Was there ever a “Big Sugar Conspiracy”? Did the sugar industry (including Coca-Cola) really und and influence nutrition scientists and research. Only [more]
Lustig on global corporates, social media ‘hacking’ of bodies and brains
By Marika Sboros US paediatric endocrinologist Robert Lustig’s new book, The Hacking Of The American Mind, could be called Invasion Of The Body And Brain [more]
Salt Fix: the right white stuff for hearts, minds, sex lives?
By Marika Sboros The next time your doctor or dietitian tells you to eat less salt for no reason you can fathom, find another one [more]
Sugar barometer: how much sweetness are you eating?
By Marika Sboros The Sugar Barometer™ is a sweet idea whose time has come. It’s a labeling product that aims to change sugar consumption patterns in [more]
Sugar and hearts: how food industry still buys scientists
By Marika Sboros Here it is, straight from the scientific horse’s mouth: Industry-sponsored nutrition research, like research the tobacco, chemical, and pharmaceutical industries have sponsored, [more]
Sugar addiction: how to beat ‘elephant in the kitchen’
By Marika Sboros Is there really such a thing as sugar addiction? What about carb addiction? Some scientists say it’s hype and marketing. Others say [more]
Big Food’s love for dietitians – it’s all about the money
Big Food’s enduring love for dietitians is no big secret. As a Fortune magazine special report makes clear, it’s all about the money. Here’s the [more]