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DR MICHAEL MOSLEY: The real reason so many diets don’t work | Daily Mail Online

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In the News

After two hours, sunscreen that includes zinc oxide loses effectiveness, becomes toxic: study

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Odds & Ends

I Was a Lifelong Vegetarian. I Decided to Taste What I Was Missing | Bon Appétit

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In the News

Eating more dairy fat linked to lower risk of heart disease | The Times

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In the News

Cheese Actually Isn’t Bad for You | WIRED

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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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Recent Posts

Osso Buco Ragù

Knepp Wild Range Meat review ★★★★★

Local ORGANIC Farm Shops During COVID-19 Lockdown

Coronavirus hysteria – is the cure worse than the disease?

5 nutrients that might help your body fight off coronavirus

Grain-Free Wholemeal Keto Rolls

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

Why were ancient teeth healthier than ours?

Keir Watson
Read Time: 13 min Unpicking the complexities of how human oral health changed with the advent of agriculture.

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Paleo veggies (video and infographic)

Keir Watson
Read Time: 5 min Spoiler Alert! The Paleo diet included veggies. Recent evidence confirms the obvious: our hunter gatherer ancestors both hunted AND gathered.

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Recommended

GUEST POST from Miki Ben-Dor: “Big brains needed carbs” (???)

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

Why were ancient teeth healthier than ours?

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

Marrow Bones

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Videos

Title image - How Meat Heals with caveman

How can a meat-only diet reverse chronic disease? Five Doctors share their insights

Jordan Peterson – The Carnivore Diet Changed My Life! – Video

Dr Jason Fung on the corruption in medical science

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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

Gluten and Schizophrenia – does it all start in the womb?

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

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

Rustic Cold Smoked Salami – review ★★★★☆

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Marrow Bones

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3:1 Keto Lunches

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Roast Leg of English Mutton

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How to make your own beef jerky

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Kombucha Brew Success!

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Reviews

Right Royal Rashers – we rate the best bacon buys ★★★★★

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Netflix, 'The Paleo Way' – review

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Rustic Cold Smoked Salami – review ★★★★☆

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Bad Medicine

Coronavirus hysteria – is the cure worse than the disease?

They want to destroy Tim Noakes – don't let 'em

Why aren't hospitals doing their detective work?

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Food and the Environment

Study: dairy, not plant based diets is the best way to feed the planet

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Read Time: 5 min New Zealand farm analysis finds that mixed dairy/cropping systems feed the greatest number of people. Protein considerations prove pivotal.

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Mob Grazing Regenerates Soil and Captures Carbon [VIDEO]

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Hold fire on the Sea Bass recipe! (Retraction and Apology)

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The Case for Sustainable Meat

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Health Hack – Infographics

Health Hack #7: Maximise your phytonutrients

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Health Hack #5: Kicking the potato habit

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Health Hack #1: An alternative to fizzy drinks

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Herbal Medicine Articles

Echinacea

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Evolution, Herbal medicine

Neanderthal Herbal Medicine

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Herbal medicine

Aloe vera plants – why every home should have one

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Herbal medicine

The three wise herbalists brought… Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh

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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 – VIDEO

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

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

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

2019 The Year Vegan Pseudo-Science goes Mainstream?

Folate

Curly kale crisps

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

Brussels sprouts – Not just for Christmas

DHA, EPA, Fish Oils

Seafood, Sex and Evolution (3 videos)

Improve Your Omega-6 to Omega-3 Balance

August News Round-Up

Cholesterol

Dr Malcolm Kendrick – Autumn Seminar – Tickets now available

"Always get a copy of your blood test results"

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

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