Letter to the Lancet re. EAT
On 17th January 2019, the EAT diet report was published in The Lancet (Ref 1). A couple of hours after seeing the report, I published this post. On 26th January, I submitted the following letter to The...
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Low Carb Denver 2019
Low Carb Denver started as Low Carb Vail in 2016. It was then Low Carb Breckenridge in 2017 and 2018 and this year it was Low Carb Denver – just 20 minutes from the airport. The decision to move out...
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Keys, cholesterol and rabbits
The following quotation, attributed to Ancel Keys, has been repeated quite often, but with the source for it not always clear: “There’s no connection whatsoever between cholesterol in food and...
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Public Health Collaboration Conference 2019
The fourth Public Health Collaboration Conference was held over the weekend of the 11th-12th May 2019. The first was a one-day event in Birmingham. The second was a weekend event in Manchester. The...
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US dietitians & their monopoly on dietary advice
Executive summary Please login to view this content Introduction When you receive this, I will be on the plane on the way back from Madison, Wisconsin. I was delighted to be invited to speak at the...
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Trust Me I’m a Doctor – Don’t!
BBC2 Trust Me I’m a Doctor Series 9 episode 6 Date 20th February 2020 Dear ‘Trust Me’ I am writing to complain about and to ask some questions about the segment shown between 12-18 mins in Episode 6...
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The hierarchy of evidence
Introduction Many thanks to Mike for suggesting this note. Mike wanted to understand more about the types of studies that are used in the Monday notes. He specifically mentioned...
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UK Deaths with Covid-19 & R
On Saturday 31st October, the UK truly had a Halloween fright when it was announced that England would be put back into lockdown from 5th November (the rest of the UK is in various states of lockdown...
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An insulin index of food
Executive summary * The Holt et al classic paper, published in 1997, reviewed the insulin (and glucose) responses of 38 different foods. * The 38 foods were placed in 6 food categories: fruit; bakery...
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JCVI conflicts of interest
Executive summary * On February 16th, 2022, the UK Joint Committee for Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) issued a statement to update its advice for 5-11 year olds in relation to COVID-19 jabs. *...
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