The Rice Diet
Executive summary * This week's note was inspired by a newsletter about a presentation (by Denise Minger) about a diet
View ArticleHealthy low carb & low fat diets
Executive Summary * A study about mortality and healthy and unhealthy, low-carb and low-fat, diets received much coverage. * The
View ArticleCarbs & cardiovascular disease
Executive Summary * This week's paper was based on the UK Biobank population study. It examined data for 110,000 people,
View ArticleAustralian women – carbs & fat
Executive summary * A study of approximately 10,000 middle-aged Australian women examined the association between carbohydrate and saturated fat intake
View ArticleThe Carbohydrate Insulin Model of Obesity
Executive summary * A perspective paper has just been published on the subject of the carbohydrate insulin model (CIM) of
View Article‘Fast’ &‘slow’ carbs
Executive summary * A study has just been published, which claimed to have definitively demonstrated that 'fast' carbs do not
View ArticleCarb loading before surgery
Executive summary Please login to view this content Introduction Last week, I received a really interesting email from a long-term
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World diabetes day
World Diabetes Day is held on the 14th November each year. In last year’s newsletter I looked at the International Diabetes Federation definition of diabetes (which used the word glucose five times...
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Low, moderate or high carbohydrate?
In 1977 the Senator McGovern committee issued some dietary goals for Americans (Ref 1). The first goal was “Increase carbohydrate consumption to account for 55 to 60 percent of the energy (caloric)...
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World Diabetes Day
Tuesday November 14th is World Diabetes Day. The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) defines diabetes as follows: “Diabetes is a chronic disease that occurs when the pancreas is no longer able to...
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Belgian Dietary Guidelines
On October 9th 2017, Professor Tim Noakes tweeted about a new food pyramid in Belgium asking “Wonder what anyone hopes this will achieve? On basis of what evidence? Will outcomes be measured?” The...
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Review of 2022
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 August posts about the energy balance model vs the...
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Why eat carbohydrate?
Executive summary * This note summarises what carbohydrates are, from fructose to fibre. * It briefly looks at the role carbohydrates have played historically – feeding and growing the population and...
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An insulin index of food
Executive summary * The Holt et al classic paper, published in 1997, reviewed the insulin (and glucose) responses of 38 different foods. * The 38 foods were placed in 6 food categories: fruit; bakery...
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Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2020-2025
Executive summary * The Scientific (background) Report for the 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans was published in July 2020. The Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGAs) were published on...
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Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2020
Executive Summary * The Scientific Report for the 2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans has just been published. This is the comprehensive document (835 pages), which precedes the Dietary Guidelines...
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SACN consultation on lowER carb diets & T2D
Executive summary Please login to view this content Introduction We’re returning to our normal world this week, which I hope is refreshing if you’re a bit COVID-19 overloaded. On March 5th, 2020,...
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World diabetes day
World Diabetes Day is held on the 14th November each year. In last year’s newsletter I looked at the International Diabetes Federation definition of diabetes (which used the word glucose five times...
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Low, moderate or high carbohydrate?
In 1977 the Senator McGovern committee issued some dietary goals for Americans (Ref 1). The first goal was “Increase carbohydrate consumption to account for 55 to 60 percent of the energy (caloric)...
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World Diabetes Day
Tuesday November 14th is World Diabetes Day. The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) defines diabetes as follows: “Diabetes is a chronic disease that occurs when the pancreas is no longer able to...
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