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Review details why many carbs aren’t ‘harmless for the heart’

Friday, April 25th, 2008

I don’t make any secret of the fact that I think the low-fat/high-carb paradigm that has seemingly shaped much nutritional advice for the last few decades is not founded in good science. And variously, on this site, I’ve presented the evidence that supports this stance. Some of this research has examined the distinct lack of [...]

What can we learn from a man who undergoes an operation without anaesthetic?

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

When I was growing up, I was very interested in ‘unexplained’ phenomena like spontaneous human combustion and hypnosis. My interest in the former has waned somewhat, but my interest in the latter remains with me to this day.
More than 20 years ago I went to see a stage hypnotism act while on holiday in [...]