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Does intermittent fasting raise the risk of early death? – Diet & Health Today
IntroductionI was browsing online, when a news site popped up with the headline “Intermittent fasting may raise your risk of an early death” (Ref 1). I’m not the biggest fan of intermittent fasting, but I don’t think it’s a deadly activity to adopt (I summarise my view in Ref 2). We’ve looked at int
Can governments nudge away obesity? – Diet & Health Today
IntroductionThe topic for this week’s note comes from a friend and someone I hugely admire – Laura Dodsworth. I did a podcast with Laura here (Ref 1). Laura wrote, in my view, the most important book of the Covid era. It was called “A State of Fear: How the UK government weaponised fear during the C
Does meat cause CVD & T2D? – Diet & Health Today
IntroductionMany thanks to Dr Charles Beardall for this week’s note. It’s a novel one. The paper was called “Red and processed meat intakes and cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes mellitus: An umbrella systematic review and assessment of causal relations using Bradford Hill’s criteria” and it
Fibre – ask why, not how – Diet & Health Today
IntroductionThis week’s note comes from my most prolific paper finder – Dr Peter Brukner from Australia. I don’t manage to do all the papers that Peter sends through, but they’re usually varied and interesting, so I try to cover as many as possible. This one is on a classic topic, which keeps coming
Saturated fat – an end to the myth? – Diet & Health Today
IntroductionAn article was published in the European Journal of Preventative Cardiology in September 2022 by Valket al. It was called “Saturated fat: villain and bogeyman in the development of cardiovascular disease?” (Ref 1). Since the definition of bogeyman is “an imaginary evil spirit or being, u
Protein in meat vs Beyond Burger – Diet & Health Today
IntroductionWe’ve got an interesting trial to review this week. It was written by a New Zealand/Australian research collaboration, with Pham as the lead author. The title almost put me off. “Plasma Amino Acid Appearance and Status of Appetite Following a Single Meal of Red Meat or a Plant-Based Meat
The only diet to have reversed heart disease? – Diet & Health Today
IntroductionI received an approach to do a debate on animal vs plant-based diets. It wasn’t the right time for various reasons. Then I spotted in a forum, of which I’m a member, that Ivor Cummins was going to be doing it. That was a great result in my view.The debate was due to be held on GB News, o
Estimating the environmental impacts of 57,000 ‘foods’ – Diet & Health Today
IntroductionMany thanks to Nick from Switzerland for this week’s paper. I’m not sure if ‘thanks’ is the right word, as this is up there with one of the worst papers that I’ve ever had to spend a week reviewing.The paper was called "Estimating the environmental impacts of 57,000 food products" and it
Plant based diets & mortality – Diet & Health Today
IntroductionMany thanks to Adrian Wainwright for this week’s topic. Adrian is a UK/South Africa supporter who now lives in San Francisco and is “obsessed with all things carnivore”. Apparently this week’s article is being cited as ‘new science evidence’ that plant-based diets are superior. It turned
TRE, HIIT and HbA1c – Diet & Health Today
IntroductionA couple of readers spotted the paper for review in this week’s note – thank you. The paper was called “Time-restricted eating and exercise training improve HbA1c and body composition in women with overweight/obesity: A randomized controlled trial” (Ref 1).The three abbreviations in the
Diabetes Unpacked – Diet & Health Today
Today’s note happens to fall on World Diabetes Day. I thought I’d share with you the introduction that I wrote for a book calledDiabetes Unpacked. This was a collaboration with a number of authors – most will be well known to you – to raise funds for The Noakes Foundation and to assemble consistent
Vitamins, cocoa & cognitive function – Diet & Health Today
IntroductionMany thanks to a reader from Australia for this topic. This week we are looking at a randomised controlled/clinical trial (RCT). It was quite large and quite long. RCTs are always worth reviewing, as they are rare in the field of nutrition.The study for this week was by Bakeret aland it