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Nutrition

Whilst there are many environmental and genetic factors that affect our health, our foods choices play, perhaps, the most significant modifiable role. Yet doctors have almost no nutritional training. Fortunately, the literature is full of important studies and discoveries that can help us all stay ahead of the curve.

Many of the following articles are highly referenced so you can check out the studies for your self if you are so moved. Start reading, and learn how to take charge of your health today.

5 nutrients that might help your body fight off coronavirus

March 7, 2021March 29, 2020 by Afifah Hamilton

Read Time: 11 min We look at the research around key nutrients that have a proven role in defending against respiratory viruses and lung infections.

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Categories Nutrition, Phototherapy & Vitamin D Tags coronavirus, COVID-19, glycine, influenza, pneumonia, sepsis, vitamin C, zinc

Why did it take so long to crack scurvy?

March 26, 2021March 8, 2020 by Afifah Hamilton

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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Categories Nutrition, WSHoMSoc Tags citrus, James Lind, pemmican, rum rations, scurvy, sepsis, vitamin C

8 Ways to boost your collagen and Slow Ageing

November 24, 2019November 22, 2019 by Afifah Hamilton

Read Time: 8 min A major factor in ageing is a decline in collagen. In this post we look at eight ways to increase collagen synthesis.

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Categories Nutrition Tags ageing, collagen, glycine

10 Reasons To Supplement With Glycine

November 20, 2023October 13, 2019 by Afifah Hamilton

Read Time: 25 min Glycine is one the simplest amino acid yet has some remarkable and unexpected functions within the body. Due to an evolutionary bottle-neck all we are chronically deficient in this essential nutrient.

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Categories Nutrition Tags anti-oxidant, Article, collagen, diabetes, glycine, heart health, NAFLD, osteoporosis, popular, schizophrenia, sleep, type 2 diabetes

Fruit Juice and some fizzy drinks linked to increased cancer rate – choose your poison

March 8, 2021July 24, 2019 by Afifah Hamilton

Read Time: 4 min French study finds sugar-sweetened beverages, including pure fruit juices, linked to an increased risk of cancers, but artificially sweetened and unsweetened drinks were not.

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Categories In the News, Nutrition Tags Boris Johnson, breast cancer, cancer, sugar, sugar tax

Improve Your Omega-6 to Omega-3 Balance

November 1, 2019July 16, 2019 by Keir Watson

Read Time: 11 min Modern diets have an excess of omega 6 compared to omega 3 compared to our evolutionary norm, and appears to underpin many contemporary diseases. Here’s what you need to do to get yours back in the sweet spot.

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Categories Nutrition Tags atherosclerosis, DHA, linoleic acid, n6:n3 ratio, omega 3, omega-6, PUFAs
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How can a meat-only diet reverse chronic disease? Five Doctors share their insights

March 8, 2021June 13, 2019 by Afifah Hamilton

Read Time: 3 min In March 2019 the first ever Carnivore Conference was held at Boulder University, Colorado with a great list of speakers. THE BOULDER CARNIVORE CONFERENCE …a day …

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Categories Nutrition, Video Tags carnivore diet, Coffee with Afifah, Mikhaila Peterson, Paleo-Keto diet

Animal fats under attack

July 10, 2023March 11, 2019 by Afifah Hamilton

Read Time: 8 min • Carbs, not fat, linked to CVD
• Sadiq Kahn bans butter, eggs and bacon from transport adverts
• Zero fat marketing
• Victorian diseases return
• Keir interviewed by French ‘zine

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Categories Nutrition Tags animal fats, Coffee with Afifah, full-fat dairy, low fat diets, Sadiq Kahn, saturated-fat
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What counts as a healthy body weight? Major study rewrites the rules

July 10, 2023February 22, 2019 by Afifah Hamilton

Read Time: 6 min A huge UK study involving 3 million people over 18 years finds the healthiest BMI is at odds with NHS advice about “healthy weight”.

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Categories Nutrition Tags all-cause mortality, blood tests, BMI, healthy weight, Jack Sprat

Why your 5-a-day Might Not Keep the Doctor Away

July 10, 2023February 10, 2019 by Keir Watson

Read Time: 12 min Have we been duped? A deep look into the science of plant-based diets reveals a distinct lack of supporting evidence and considerable potential for harm.

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Categories Nutrition Tags carnivore, dietary guidelines, evidence, five a day, hormesis, plant-based diets, polyphenols

2019 The Year Vegan Pseudo-Science goes Mainstream?

March 26, 2021February 3, 2019 by Afifah Hamilton

Read Time: 8 min • Veganuary Blues
• Meatless Burgers
• Eat-Lancet Report
•Vegan diets need supplements

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Categories Nutrition Tags Coffee with Afifah, EAT Lancet, fake news, plant-based diets, Veganuary, Walter Willett, World Carnivore Month

What we can learn from the 20th century history of the Inuit

June 5, 2019October 6, 2018 by Keir Watson

Read Time: 9 min Over the last 100 years the Inuit have transitioned from hunter-gatherer to a largely Western diet. We look at some of the historical and contemporary evidence to see what we can learn about nutrition.

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Categories Nutrition Tags ancestral foods, calcium, caries, diabetes, Obesity, refined carbs, traditional foods, Weston Price
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