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Scientists claim that conventional ‘healthy eating’ messages may be doing more harm than good

Friday, January 25th, 2008

Those of you familiar with my nutritional beliefs will know that I don’t have too many good things to say about the ‘low-fat’ paradigm that has pervaded nutritional advice for some 30 years. Not only do I believe that there is not much to be feared in naturally-occurring fats in the diet, but the […]

Research shows that protein-rich, low-carb diets are most effective for sating the appetite

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008

You don’t have to wait too long before reading some statistic or other that tells us about how rates of obesity are soaring left, right and centre. As ever, though, the advice to ‘eat less and exercise more’ remains the same. That’s a shame, seeing as there is abundant evidence that neither of these […]