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Site update
Read Time: < 1 min We have a new web address – blog.rosemarycottageclinic.co.uk – although the old one still works.
JULY 2018 MEGA News Round-Up
Read Time: 6 min Our bumper-fun summer edition is packed with nutrition and health news, from the diet of Otzi the Iceman to titanium dioxide being implicated in type 2 diabetes. What are you waiting for? Start your summer reading now!
Rustic Cold Smoked Salami – review ★★★★☆
Read Time: 5 min I thought I knew what salami was. I thought I’d eaten real salami. Oh how wrong I was!
The Case for Sustainable Meat
Read Time: 10 min Meat, we are told, is bad for the planet. But is it that simple? Keir argues that the anti-meat rhetoric risks destroying the very environment is claims to be protecting.
UK Vegetarians Don't Live Longer – VIDEO
Read Time: < 1 min A video of one of our most popular posts, in which Oxford University researchers find that UK vegetarians and vegans have the same all-cause mortality as meat eaters.
We've redecorated!
Read Time: 2 min So, we took out our hexadecimal paint pots, rolled up our sleeves and after a day of messing about under the bonnet of the internet it’s …
Dietary guidelines are a disaster: here's ten principles to fix them
Read Time: 14 min Nutritional research is increasingly challenging Government Guidelines on what constitutes a healthy diet. We present 10 important evidence based principles that get to the heart of the problem.
Opal apples (review) – a GMO beating UK grown variety ★★★★★
Read Time: 3 min A mini review of a fascinating UK grown winter apple variety which is delicious, versatile and naturally resistant to browning – with an interesting back story too!
Carbohydrates, not animal fats, linked to heart disease across 42 European countries
Read Time: 6 min Lower cardiovascular disease and mortality among countries that consumed more fats and animal protein. Another nail in the coffin for the diet-heart hypothesis?
Leg o' lamb with home grown veg
Read Time: < 1 min I just brought in some lovely fresh veg from our garden this afternoon – the broccoli and celeriac were really top notch! Plus we have enough …
Cholesterol and CVD – How reliable are the risk calculators?
Read Time: 7 min The SCORE (Systematic COronary Risk Evaluation) model for predicting CVD deaths can over-estimate risk by 500%.