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Massive review shows conventional advice to reduce or change fat intake does not prevent disease or save lives Food and Medical Politics

Massive review shows conventional advice to reduce or change fat intake does not prevent disease or save lives

If you have any interest in health at all, you’ll be familiar with the concept of altering fat intake to reduce risk of disease and premature death. One central theme here is that certain types of fat (e.g. saturated fat) increases risk of ‘cardiovascular’ diseases such as heart disease and stroke, while others (e.g. polyunsaturated […]

July 12, 2011· 4 min read· Dr Briffa
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Podcast – 8th July 2011 Brain and Behaviour

Podcast – 8th July 2011

Dehydration messes up brain function, high cholesterol associated with reduced risk of death from cardiovascular disease, and what Britain’s number 1 tennis player has to learn about nutrition from the World’s number 1. For RSS feeds, click on http://www.podcastmachine.com/podcasts/8966 and then the ‘RSS feeds’ button to the right. For help regarding the playing, downloading and […]

July 8, 2011· 1 min read· Dr Briffa
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Dehydration really can disrupt brain function Healthy Eating

Dehydration really can disrupt brain function

I often advise individuals to avoid dehydration at least in part because I’ve noticed how it can provoke lethargy, particularly mental lethargy. There is some evidence which supports this observation, in the form of studies in which individuals have been made dehydrated through exercise, sometimes in heat. Such studies have generally found brain function is […]

July 8, 2011· 3 min read· Dr Briffa
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Podcast – 1st July 2011 Food and Medical Politics

Podcast – 1st July 2011

Low-carb beats low fat for loss of toxic ‘visceral’ fat, ezetimibe trial that tells us nothing about ezetimibe, I made low-carb pizza (by mistake). For RSS feeds, click on http://www.podcastmachine.com/podcasts/8966 and then the ‘RSS feeds’ button to the right. For help regarding the playing, downloading and subscribing of the podcasts, click here.

July 1, 2011· 1 min read· Dr Briffa
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I made low-carb pizza (by mistake) Healthy Eating

I made low-carb pizza (by mistake)

My folks came over today, fresh from a driving holiday in Ireland. When I came to make lunch, I realised that the cupboard was a bit bare on account of me being busier than normal and having neglected the food shopping a bit. A bit of improvisation was called for. I found half a dozen […]

June 28, 2011· 2 min read· Dr Briffa
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Podcast – 24th June 2011 Healthy Eating

Podcast – 24th June 2011

Why sleepiness is not always due to lack of sleep, higher-protein, lower-carb diet best for weight loss, and fructose found to be more toxic than glucose. For RSS feeds, click on http://www.podcastmachine.com/podcasts/8966 and then the ‘RSS feeds’ button to the right. For help regarding the playing, downloading and subscribing of the podcasts, click here.

June 24, 2011· 1 min read· Dr Briffa
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Higher-protein, lower-carb diet with resistance exercise best for fat loss Healthy Eating

Higher-protein, lower-carb diet with resistance exercise best for fat loss

I am not an out-and-out fan of aerobic exercise for weight loss, on account of the fact that, well, it doesn’t work so well for this (though it is good for general health). In recent years I’ve grown more interested in resistance exercise, at least in part because it can make a big difference to […]

June 23, 2011· 3 min read· Dr Briffa
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Fructose found to be more harmful than glucose Healthy Eating

Fructose found to be more harmful than glucose

Table sugar, the form of sugar individuals generally spoon into their tea or coffee or use when making, say, cakes and puddings, is comprised of sucrose. Sucrose is technically termed a ‘disaccharide’, a term used to describe sugars which are comprised of two individual sugar molecules joined together. Those two sugars, in the case of […]

June 22, 2011· 4 min read· Dr Briffa
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