More evidence that lower-carb is the way to go

Jul, Fri 6th, 2007 Posted in : Healthy Eating, Low-Carbohydrate, Unhealthy Eating!, Weight Loss By : 13 Comments

While some doubt the benefits of controlling carbohydrate intake, the fact of the matter is that there is now abundant scientific evidence that this approach is generally effective for the purposes of weight loss, while at the same time helping to improve biochemical markers of chronic disease such as blood sugar levels and levels of [...]

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‘Primal’ diet outperforms ‘Mediterranean’ eating in study

Jul, Wed 4th, 2007 Posted in : Diabetes/Metabolic Syndrome, Healthy Eating, Weight Loss By : 26 Comments

My latest book The True You Diet posits that the best diet for us is essentially one based on the foods that we’ve been eating the longest in terms of our evolution ” after all, these are the foods we are going to be best adapted to. A ‘primal’ diet is one that is devoid [...]

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More evidence suggests cranberry can help prevent bladder infection

Jul, Mon 2nd, 2007 Posted in : Specific conditions By : 2 Comments

Cranberry has been held up as a herbal remedy for cystitis (urinary tract infections or ‘UTIs’) for as long as I can remember. Cranberry is believed to contain substances that inhibit the adherence of unwanted organisms such as the bacterium E. coli tothe inside of the bladder. This help prevent infecting organisms setting up camp [...]

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