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Mental illness is not ‘all in the mind’, scientists shift the scientific goalposts sometimes, walking is ‘doable’ and beneficial, and an update on the Flora pro.activ saga. 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.
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Conventional dietary advice on fat is just plain wrong, obesity charity allegedly takes money secretly from Coco Cola, and why do doctors sometimes ignore scientific evidence? 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.
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MSG and obesity, low-carb trumps low-fat (again), how has this man lived for 85 years with type 1 diabetes?, and some reasons why diets don’t work. 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.
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My (successful) intermittent fasting experiment, why carbs are bad for the brain (and cholesterol isn’t), and why it’s important to focus on health (not ‘markers’ for health) when judging the effects of medication.
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Cigarette smoking is generally unhealthy, and smokers who stop are usually taking a big step forward in enhancing their health and decreasing disease risk in the long term. However, stopping smoking is not always a bed of roses. First of all, some people struggle with withdrawal symptoms. And many individuals find that stopping smoking can […]
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Because it’s called fat, it makes sense and is intuitive to believe that fat is fattening. It’s also rich in calories compared to carbohydrate or protein. The thing is, though, the evidence does not strongly link fat-eating with obesity, and eating low-fat diets are, on the whole, spectacularly ineffective for the purposes of weight loss. […]
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Imagine this scenario: someone with type 2 diabetes and deemed to be at high risk of heart disease is consulting a doctor. What do you think the chances are of this individual ending up on multiple medications? High, I’d say. In all likelihood someone like this is going to be recommended to take at least […]
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I came across this story yesterday. It concerns the practice of water fluoridation. This is something that is generally presented to the people by regulatory agencies and health professionals as a bit of a no-brainer (i.e. we’d be mad not to have fluoride added into our water supply for the sake of our teeth). But […]
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I see that a study has been published today in the New England Journal of Medicine [1] that concerns the condition irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). You can read a summary of the study here. This study tested the effect of an antibiotic (rifaximin) on individuals with IBS. Compared to placebo, two weeks of this antibiotic […]
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A couple of days ago the British Medical Journal published on-line a piece from its editor, Fiona Godlee, wishes urges us to “start the year as we mean to go on—by promoting rational healthcare decisions based on the best available evidence.” In her piece, Dr Godlee highlights a recent assertion by one of the BMJ’s […]