Breakfast – king, prince or pauper of meals? Your choice
By Miriam Cohen Breakfast is king – or pauper, depending on who you talk to. There was a time when most mothers believed in breakfast [more]
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Ketogenic diets – where REAL risk lies
Ketogenic (very low-carbohydrate) diets are becoming mainstream to treat a wide range of life-threatening and life-altering metabolic and neurological illnesses, ranging from type 2 diabetes [more]
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]
Dr David Unwin on nutrition during a virus pandemic
By Marika Sboros UK GP Dr David Unwin is receiving high praise globally from medical colleagues and other experts for his new low-carb study. It [more]
Infertility: ‘miracle’ foods beat drugs for PCOS?
By Marika Sboros Canadian naturopathic physician Nadia Pateguana has an enviable reputation for getting people pregnant. How did Pateguana acquire that unusual reputation? It’s in [more]
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]
Facebook: why did it really take down a top low-carb group?
By Marika Sboros What’s really behind Facebook’s deletion of one of its biggest low-carb groups, the Banting 7 Day Meal Plans? The social media titan’s [more]
Fibre: does ‘staff of life’ hold clue to prevent premature death?
By Marika Sboros A large New Zealand-led study on health benefits of dietary fibre is making waves in scientific circles. The authors of a meta-analysis [more]
Fasting: Fung dishes up quick science to reverse type 2 diabetes
By Marika Sboros Fasting is as old as the hills of ancient Greece. Many doctors and dietitians still dismiss it as a fad. It is [more]
Swiss Re: Type 2 Diabetes CAN be reversed
By Marika Sboros You know something big is happening when the world’s second-largest reinsurer, Swiss Re, has its eye on the future of diabetes [more]
Noakes: doctors, dietitians make diabetes a threat to life?
Here’s a sobering thought: many doctors and dietitians make diabetes life-threatening when it doesn’t have to be. They do that by giving the wrong dietary [more]
A ‘cure’ for type 1 diabetes? Dr Eli Lewis on holy grail trail
(EDITOR’S NOTE: For parents of children newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, Prof Lewis does not see patients individually. He suggests that parents show this [more]