Amazing results challenge guidelines in new study
Read Time: 7 min American Heart Association: “Replace saturated fat with PUFA and MUFA”; Recent study: “No. This advice needs revising”
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10 Reasons To Supplement With Glycine
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.
Red light phototherapy (1/3): The Skin
Read Time: 6 min Research is uncovering a huge range of beneficial effects of red light. In part 1 I look at the remarkable protective effects of red light on the skin.
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%.
Cholesterol and CVD – putting the risks into perspective
Read Time: 11 min These six words — “Heart disease risk”, “raised cholesterol”, “Statins” — are guaranteed to strike fear into almost anyone who has been unfortunate enough to be …
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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?
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.
The bitter truth is sweeter than we thought
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 …
Gluten-free diet MAY be unhealthy and MAY increase risk of heart attack (or not)
Read Time: 5 min Fake news; alternative facts; plus a dose of healthy skepticism. We take a look behind the recent gluten headlines.
Male fertility ~ a fishy business
Read Time: 9 min The 20th century saw a huge decline in male fertility, and a huge increase in omega 6 oil consumption. Are the two connected? We fish out the latest research on seafood for semen.
Gluten and Schizophrenia – does it all start in the womb?
Read Time: 12 min In this review we look at research indicating that gluten may disrupt neurological development in the developing baby.