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Bulb Fennel and Wensleydale Sheep’s Cheese

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Really quick and easy dish. Two ingredients only. Fool proof!
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How can a meat-only diet reverse chronic disease? Five Doctors share their insights

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Animal fats under attack

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What counts as a healthy body weight? Major study rewrites the rules

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

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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, Nutrition

How can bitter foods be good for us when they taste so bad? – Resolving the paradox

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Keir Watson presents his carefully argued hypothesis based on evolutionary considerations of hunter-gatherer feast-famine cycles,…

Paleo Diet

Paleo veggies (video and infographic)

Keir Watson
Spoiler Alert! The Paleo diet included veggies. Recent evidence confirms the obvious: our hunter gatherer…

Neanderthal Herbal Medicine

Afifah Hamilton
Recent evidence has uncovered the use of herbal medicines amongst our closest evolutionary cousin. We…

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

Did cooked tubers drive human evolution?

The Waterside Ape on BBC Radio 4

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

Paleo veggies (video and infographic)

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Videos

Jordan Peterson on Diet and Health 2

Mob Grazing Regenerates Soil and Captures Carbon [VIDEO]

VIDEO: Harvard Scientist Supports U-Turn on Dietary Fats

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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

Familiarise yourself with the research around coeliac disease and you will understand why eating gluten…

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

A detailed examination of the current science on this recently recognised gluten pathology. Includes new…

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

Beyond coeliac disease and NCGS – we look at the many ways that wheat can…

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

Grains dominate the world food supply, but have many negative health consequences independent of gluten…

Latest Gluten Posts

Gluten

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

Keir Watson
Gluten

What's Behind the Rise in Gluten Toxicity? hypothesIs 1 – the role of antibiotics

Afifah Hamilton

More Gluten Posts

New Study Vindicates William Davis: Modern Wheat is more Toxic than Ancient Varieties

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

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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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Latest Recipes

Bulb Fennel and Wensleydale Sheep’s Cheese

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10 Tips for Plant-Free and Carnivore Diets

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Gluten-Free Steak and Kidney Pudding

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Reviews

Knepp book launch party plus campsite photo review

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Natty ceramic egg holders -review

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

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Bad Medicine

Crippling negligence claims show NHS not 'the envy of the world'

Is the NHS a zombie no one is brave enough to kill?

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

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Food and the Environment

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The United Nations University has published one of our blog posts!

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take a look at it here [UPDATE: Now also reblogged at Resilience]

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

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

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Very Slow Cooked Re-wilded Pasture-Fed Longhorn Beef Shin

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Health Hack – Infographics

Health Hack #2: Starters to improve digestion

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Health Hack #5: Kicking the potato habit

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Health Hack #3: Muesli that's worth eating

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Herbal Medicine Articles

The bitter truth is sweeter than we thought

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(image © Achim Schleuning / CC-BY-SA-4.0) Cocktail bitters like Angostura and Peychaud’s have pedigrees going…
Herbal medicine

The three wise herbalists brought… Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh

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Herbal medicine

A quick tour of my clinic

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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

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20 Diet Memes to Rate and Share

Vegetarian and Veganism

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

Even in the land of barbies and beer vegetarians DON'T live longer

How vegetarians bad-mouth themselves!

Veganism, extremism and domestic terrorism

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Behind veganism is an ideological movement linked to extremism, violence and terrorism. We take a…
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West Sussex History of Medicine Lectures

WSHoMSoc 2015 lecture Nov 21st

(1) Dr Albert Carpenter: public health measures in the 19th century (2) The life of…

WSHOMS Dec 5th 2015

(1) The incredible history of plastic and cosmetic surgery that was initially mastered in ancient…

WSHOMS Nov 5th 2016

1) How Graylingwell Hospital near Chichester West Sussex served war wounded during WW1 2) Why…
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Coffee

Coffee – its light and dark side

March News Round-Up

5 everyday ancestral foods with proven health benefits

Fake News Awards

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

2019 The Year Vegan Pseudo-Science goes Mainstream?

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

Folate

Brussels sprouts – Not just for Christmas

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

Should folic acid be added to UK flour? The arguments for and against

DHA, EPA, Fish Oils

April News Round-Up

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

Animal products that protect you from UV damage

Cholesterol

Cholesterol and CVD – How reliable are the risk calculators?

Public Talks – 2014 update

"Always get a copy of your blood test results"

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