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The Zoe app, Covid-19 & supplements
Executive summary * The Zoe app, as it has become known, was developed by Professor Tim Spector (Kings College London) and colleagues. Since March 2020, it has captured health data and COVID-19 status...
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Vitamins, cocoa & cognitive function
Executive summary * This week's note looks at something rare in the field of nutrition – a randomised controlled trial (RCT). It was a large (2,262 people) and long (3 years) RCT. * The trial examined...
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The Basics of Nutrition – Vitamins
Introduction Micronutrients are, as the name suggests, those needed by the body in smaller quantities. (Macro meaning large and micro meaning small). Vitamins and minerals fall into this category. (We...
View Article‘Healthy whole grains’– really?!
This post is the logical follow-up to “The perfect five-a-day post“. In addition to being told to eat five-a-day, we are told to eat ‘healthy whole grains’. So let’s look at just how healthy these are...
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Carbs in dairy products
My brother, Adrian, was staying with us last week. He was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes as a teenager. He is finally taking the steps to move to a very low carb, low protein, high fat diet and is...
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What is a healthy diet?
Last week’s note showed that the UK dietary advice is nutritionally deficient. The recommended diet is so low in fat that it does not deliver the fat soluble vitamins (A, D, E, K) and it also missed...
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National Food Strategy – call for evidence
Executive summary * In August 2019, plans were announced to devise a National Food Strategy for England. The strategy aims to establish a food system that meets a number of goals – from human health...
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Review of 2023
Happy New Year! We’re kicking off with a review of last year. As many people think about diet at this time of year, you may like to re-visit the June post about the DASH diet vs very low carb. You...
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