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

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Read Time: < 1 min Nice to see a mainstream presenter supporting high-fat diets. Dr Mosley points to multiple studies that show the benefit of full fat diets over low-fat diets …

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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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RECOMMENDED

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

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

Keir Watson
Read Time: 13 min Keir Watson presents his carefully argued hypothesis based on evolutionary considerations of hunter-gatherer feast-famine cycles, that explains why bitter foods stimulate cellular functions essential for health.

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

Afifah Hamilton
Read Time: 9 min Miki Ben-Dor from Tel Aviv University brings his expertise of paleo-anthropology to bear on the question of whether cooked starches drove human evolution.

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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

Seafood, Sex and Evolution (3 videos)

Did cooked tubers drive human evolution?

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

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Videos

Seafood, Sex and Evolution (3 videos)

Jordan Peterson resurfaces after medical hell that nearly killed him

Jordan Peterson on Diet and Health 2

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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 4: whole grains – the whole truth

The chemical warfare on your plate

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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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Example Recipes

Low carb chips, made from swede

Low-Carb Chips

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Keto-cheesecake tips and tricks

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Stuffed (Farmed) Sea Bass

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Spiced Low Carb Fish Cakes

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Real mince meat pies

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Homemade Keto Coleslaw

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Reviews

Netflix, 'The Paleo Way' – review

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

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Two seafood products – review ★★★☆☆

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Bad Medicine

Dr Jason Fung on the corruption in medical science

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

NHS Care Report 2015/16 infographic

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Food and the Environment

A pretty amazing food just got a whole lot prettier

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Read Time: < 1 min Wow! Our local organic egg farm has just started offering these beautiful multi-coloured hens eggs!

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The Case for Sustainable Meat

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

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Desertification – Agriculture’s Inevitable Destination?

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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

The bitter truth is sweeter than we thought

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Read Time: 10 min (image © Achim Schleuning / CC-BY-SA-4.0) Cocktail bitters like Angostura and Peychaud’s have pedigrees going back to the 1830s. Looking like something out of a Victorian …

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Herbal medicine

Echinacea

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Herbal medicine

Mulled wine – packing a healthy punch

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Herbal medicine, Nutrition

The bitter truth is sweeter than we thought

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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

UK Vegetarians Don't Live Longer – VIDEO

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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)

Fake News #2 – Best diets for 2018 awards

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

Folate

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

Upcoming one day conference: B12 & Thyroid Disease – May 16th

Folic acid in pregnancy increases allergies

DHA, EPA, Fish Oils

Male fertility ~ a fishy business

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

Seafood, Sex and Evolution (3 videos)

Cholesterol

"Always get a copy of your blood test results"

Public Talks – 2014 update

VIDEO: Harvard Scientist Supports U-Turn on Dietary Fats

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