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Cheese Actually Isn’t Bad for You | WIRED

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Read Time: < 1 min Here’s a great article about one of the greatest food’s on the planet, published in Wired. Take a look: Don’t feel sheepish reaching for that manchego. …

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Evolution, Video

Evolutionary Orthodontics arrives

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Bad Medicine, Video

Jordan Peterson resurfaces after medical hell that nearly killed him

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Recipes

Osso Buco Ragù

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Reviews

Knepp Wild Range Meat review ★★★★★

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Local Food

Local ORGANIC Farm Shops During COVID-19 Lockdown

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Bad Medicine, In the News

Coronavirus hysteria – is the cure worse than the disease?

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Recent Posts

5 nutrients that might help your body fight off coronavirus

Grain-Free Wholemeal Keto Rolls

Why did it take so long to crack scurvy?

Wilding by Isabella Tree — Book Review

Corruption of medical research in the words of the world’s top journal editors

Does the discovery of 170 000-year-old roast veggies “Kill the paleo diet?”

Featured

10 Reasons To Supplement With Glycine

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10 Reasons To Supplement With Glycine

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The Case for Sustainable Meat

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Jordan Peterson on Diet and Health 2

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Carbohydrates, not animal fats, linked to heart disease across 42 European countries

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Thinking of going vegan or avoiding red meat? Read this first…

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About this blog

My blog was created to support the patients who come to see me at Rosemary Cottage Clinic, but many of the articles have gained world wide attention, with over 40,000 visitors per year. Explore this site to find:

  • 100+ scientifically-backed articles
  • 60+ recipes for specific diets
  • 100+ interesting posts on Paleo, Keto, Carnivore and Gluten-Free diets

Evolution and Diet

Evolution, Video

Evolutionary Orthodontics arrives

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Read Time: < 1 min Great new video about improving facial and dental form according to cutting edge evolutionary thinking

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Paleo Diet

Seafood, Sex and Evolution (3 videos)

Afifah Hamilton
Read Time: 2 min Watch our recent public talk on the role of seafood in brain health, evolution and female sexiness. (Three videos)

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'Born to Run' COver image, (c) Nature, Nov. 2004 (link to article)

Endurance Running and Superior Throwing Provide Evidence of Man’s Evolutionary Diet

Keir Watson
Read Time: 5 min Further evidence for ‘man the hunter’ origins Humans are the best long distance runners in the animal kingdom Recent analysis shows we have evolved superior throwing …

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Endurance Running and Superior Throwing Provide Evidence of Man’s Evolutionary Diet

Man the Hunter

Why were ancient teeth healthier than ours?

Milk & Alcohol – was the good Doctor on to something?

Marrow Bones

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Videos

Seafood, Sex and Evolution (3 videos)

Dr Jason Fung on the corruption in medical science

Autumn Seminar 2014 (post 2) – Dr Malcolm Kendrick video pt1 Ten Key Contradictions

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The Gluten Iceberg…

because there is so much more…

…just under the surface

Why no one should eat grains. Part 1 – The tip of the Iceberg

Read Time: 12 min Familiarise yourself with the research around coeliac disease and you will understand why eating gluten is playing Russian roulette with your health. Introduction Whilst ‘only’ 1% …

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Why no one should eat grains. Part 2 – The definitive guide to Non Coeliac Gluten Sensitivity

Read Time: 19 min A detailed examination of the current science on this recently recognised gluten pathology. Includes new videos from world class researchers.

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Why no one should eat grains. Part 3: Ten more reasons to avoid wheat

Read Time: 22 min Beyond coeliac disease and NCGS – we look at the many ways that wheat can affect everyone. Includes new groundbreaking research.

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Why no one should eat grains. Part 4: whole grains – the whole truth

Read Time: 11 min Grains dominate the world food supply, but have many negative health consequences independent of gluten related disorders. We consider their downsides and show that whole grains including oats do not live up to the ‘heart-healthy’ hype.

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Latest Gluten Posts

Gluten

Wheat Toxicity: A Quick Update

Afifah Hamilton
Gluten

What's Behind the Rise in Gluten Toxicity? Hypothesis 2 – Food Glues

Keir Watson

More Gluten Posts

Why no one should eat grains. Part 2 – The definitive guide to Non Coeliac Gluten Sensitivity

Gluten – what we learned in 2016 (part 1)

More articles about gluten

RECIPES

My recipes are designed to help people who are on a restricted diet for health reasons.

I have included plenty of recipes for breakfasts, lunches and dinners, along with ideas for snacks, deserts and cakes: all without the use of grains in any form. Many include options for goat or sheep dairy, or dairy-free.

Options for Christmas and other celebrations will help you stay on track.

✓ Gluten-free and Grain-free
✓ Dairy-free versions
✓ Paleo and Carnivore
✓ True Ketogenic recipes
✓ Low-Carb, Low-Sugar, Zero-Carb

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Example Recipes

Rewilded Knepp bavette steak with leak, onion and fries

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Summer Berry Jellies

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Bone Broth – a DIY superfood!

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Marrow Bones

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Beautiful Biltong!

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Chocolate Almond Torte

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Reviews

Wilding by Isabella Tree — Book Review

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Gluten-Free Green Pea Pasta – Review ★★★★☆

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Opal apples (review) – a GMO beating UK grown variety ★★★★★

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Bad Medicine

Dr Jason Fung on the corruption in medical science

Coronavirus hysteria – is the cure worse than the disease?

Corruption of medical research in the words of the world’s top journal editors

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Food and the Environment

Desertification – Agriculture’s Inevitable Destination?

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Read Time: 4 min research from the University of Colorado shows how soil microbes have been decimated by agriculture.

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Safari in deepest Sussex – now you can experience the Knepp re-wilding project for yourself!

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Pannage pig in the New Forest

Pork – tradition and nutrition

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Wilding by Isabella Tree — Book Review

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Health Hack – Infographics

Health Hack #6: Paleo Christmas Hacks

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Health Hack #1: An alternative to fizzy drinks

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Health Hack #5: Kicking the potato habit

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Herbal Medicine Articles

Mistletoe in Cancer

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Read Time: 9 min Mistletoe: sacred herb of the Druids. Photo – Stephanie Berghaeuser This legendary herb of the druids has been shown to have anti-cancer properties in multiple studies.
Herbal medicine

A quick tour of my clinic

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Herbal medicine

The three wise herbalists brought… Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh

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Herbal medicine

Aloe vera plants – why every home should have one

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Red Light Phototherapy

Red light phototherapy (1/3): The Skin

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Red light phototherapy (2/3): Brain, Muscles and Eyes

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Stonehenge with sunrise

Red light phototherapy (3/3): Hair regrowth, Pain reduction, Wound healing and Practical applications

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Sunlight and Vitamin D

Human photosynthesis – beyond vitamin-D

Animal products that protect you from UV damage

Why April 15th is D-Day in the south of England

More posts about Phototherapy, sunlight and Vitamin D

20 Diet Memes to Rate and Share

Vegetarian and Veganism

Depressed Vegetarians for Corbyn is a thing?

UK vegetarians DON’T live longer than meat eaters study finds

How vegetarians bad-mouth themselves!

Veganism, extremism and domestic terrorism

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Read Time: 10 min Behind veganism is an ideological movement linked to extremism, violence and terrorism. We take a look behind the “Meat is Murder” narrative.

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West Sussex History of Medicine Lectures

Why did it take so long to crack scurvy?

Read Time: 19 min Captain Cook impressed the Royal Society with his successful use of saurkraut to ward off scurvy Image: ‘Oatehite’ by Isaac Robert Cruickshank (1789-1856) Thoughts on a …

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Great Losses of the Great War

Read Time: 4 min During the First World War, the British Officer Class suffered the heaviest losses. Mr John Reynard reminds us of some of their stories.

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The Contagious Diseases Acts 1864 and The History of Spermatorrhoea

Read Time: 6 min Comments on two lectures: (1) The Contagious Diseases Acts (2) The History of Spermatorrhoea — the little known ‘Male Hysteria’

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More WSHOMS posts

Coffee

Coffee – its light and dark side

March News Round-Up

5 everyday ancestral foods with proven health benefits

Fake News Awards

Gluten-free diet MAY be unhealthy and MAY increase risk of heart attack (or not)

2019 The Year Vegan Pseudo-Science goes Mainstream?

Fake News #2 – Best diets for 2018 awards

Folate

Folic acid in pregnancy increases allergies

Fake News #1 – Low carb diets linked to risk of birth defects

Brussels sprouts – Not just for Christmas

DHA, EPA, Fish Oils

August News Round-Up

Improve Your Omega-6 to Omega-3 Balance

Male fertility ~ a fishy business

Cholesterol

"Always get a copy of your blood test results"

Eggs – Not just for Easter

January 2018 News Round-Up

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