Red meat & cancer & very bad journalism
I am struggling to think of a diet & health story, which has been reported worse than the one dominating the press this week – and there tends to be at least one in the press every day. The...
View ArticleEngland’s Obesity Strategy (not)
On Thursday 13 October, 2011, the Department of Health issued this press release, optimistically called “Government calls time on obesity.” The government has done anything but. We need to remember...
View ArticleSACN report back on carbohydrates and health
Background Page 1 of The Obesity Epidemic: What caused it? How can we stop it? contains this passage alone in the middle of the page: “The previous nutritional advice in the UK to limit the intake of...
View ArticleFood companies don’t want you to know how much sugar is added
Avid readers of the Washington post may have noticed this interesting blog. As Roberto Ferdman said in the headline - it's the Food & Drug administration (FDA) battle you probably don't know...
View ArticleSACN report: Carbohydrates & Health
Seven years! On Friday 17th July 2015, a report was issued by the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN). This report was initiated seven years ago: In 2008, the Food Standards Agency and...
View ArticleSunshine or cereals?!
“Official: UK needs more sunshine” was the front page headline for the Independent on Sunday newspaper last Sunday (2nd August 2015). The exclusive (not sure why this was exclusive) story was covered...
View ArticleCoca-cola, exercise & conflicts
The last couple of weeks have seen Coca-Cola in the news quite a bit. Coca-Cola has been having a tough time recently. This summer’s business news reported that revenues for the past year (2014) were...
View Article10 Interesting things about vitamin D
Vitamin D was big news in the UK last week. The Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN) produced a report with new recommendations for vitamin D. The full report is here. The press release...
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Review of 2014
These are the topics that I’ve researched and blogged about this year: January When will public health authorities realise the inconsistency in their sugar advice? The Sunday Times managed to get...
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Saturated Fat Consultation (SACN) – My Response
At the recent Swiss Re/The BMJ Food for Thought conference, the closing speakers tried to find some agreement on dietary fat guidelines. You can listen to the exchange between Professor Dariush...
View ArticleReview of 2018
A year ago, a review was published called “21st century science overload“. It reported that 2009 was the year when the total number of science papers passed the 50 million mark. The same Canadian...
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SACN (UK) final report on saturated fat
Executive summary * In June 2014, the UK Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN) was tasked with reviewing the role of fats in health in the general UK population. The final report has just...
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Saturated fat: Friends, foes & some fun!
Executive summary Please login to view this content Introduction We’re sticking with saturated fat for this week’s topic – even the mammoth newsletter last week didn’t capture all the interesting...
View ArticleReview of 2020
January Is veganuary healthy? Veganuary was launched in the UK in 2014. The number one reason given by people for trying Veganuary was health. I analysed the health content of the campaign website:...
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SACN report on lowER carb diets for T2D
Executive Summary * In March 2020, SACN, the UK Scientific Advisory Committee for Nutrition, invited submissions for a consultation about lowER carbohydrate diets for adults with type 2 diabetes...
View ArticleReview of 2021
These are the topics that I covered in 2021: January Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2020-2025. The Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGAs) were published on December 29th, 2020. This post reviewed...
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