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Is saturated fat worse than sugar?
Executive Summary * A paper was published in Diabetes Care in May 2020 called “Intrahepatic fat and postprandial glycemia increase after consumption of a diet enriched in saturated fat compared with...
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The Carbohydrate Insulin Model of Obesity
Executive summary * A perspective paper has just been published on the subject of the carbohydrate insulin model (CIM) of obesity. * The traditional model of obesity is the energy balance model –...
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An insulin index of food
Executive summary * The Holt et al classic paper, published in 1997, reviewed the insulin (and glucose) responses of 38 different foods. * The 38 foods were placed in 6 food categories: fruit; bakery...
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Review of 2022
Happy New Year! We’re kicking off with a review of last year. As many people think about diet at this time of year, you may like to re-visit the August posts about the energy balance model vs the...
View Article24,000 diabetes deaths a year ‘could be avoided’
This news story broke on 14 December 2011. There are 2.3 million diabetics in the UK. The vast majority (c. 90-95%) are type 2 diabetics – all will be explained below. The remainder are type 1...
View ArticlePoly Cystic Ovaries, PCOS, Hormones & Weight
Some years ago, in a swimming pool in Malta of all places, I was having a conversation with an attractive young woman who was very embarrassed about her weight and excess body hair. I had known her for...
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How calorie counting makes you fat
On Feb 16 2012, there was a new item in the Daily Mail Femail section. They often do these little ‘stocking fillers’. Let’s hope that this one goes as quickly as it came because it is not going to help...
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Does alcohol make us gain weight?
We were approached earlier this year by a Science journalist writing a book about the evidence for and against alcohol. He thought we'd be interested, as people interested in the evidence, or...
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How can a 3 year old have a lifestyle condition?
I remember attending an obesity conference in Liverpool in 2009 arranged by the Association for the Study of Obesity. One of the speakers was a Professor in Diabetes and Metabolic Endocrinology. I’m...
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Is lack of sleep making us fat?
At the end of August 2019, I spotted the following tweet from a doctor: “Was thinking about less acute stress like having bad sleep or struggling to make ends meet /fill out welfare forms (i.e. issues...
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