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20 Reasons Why Context Matters with Nutrition

20 Reasons Why Context Matters with Nutrition

 Every weekday during the month of September I shared an example of why 'context matters' when it comes to nutrition on my …
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The Alkaline Diet: Past to Present

The Alkaline Diet: Past to Present

 This article was originally published in the June 2018 Edition of NHD Magazine. The alkaline diet is one of my favourite …
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Low-Carb Diets and Population Health – Where Do We Stand?

Low-Carb Diets and Population Health – Where Do We Stand?

 The ongoing low-carb vs. low-fat debate continues to dominate many nutritional discussions, just last week we saw the headlines were …
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The Zen Macrobiotic Diet

The Zen Macrobiotic Diet

 While living in Japan I have come across the Zen Macrobiotic diet in quite a few restaurants, especially in the …
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The History of Low Carb

The History of Low Carb

 Low Carb Diets are extremely popular and they come in many different shapes and sizes. Lots of celebrities have also …
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The Saturated Fat and Heart Disease Debate

The Saturated Fat and Heart Disease Debate

 I enjoyed writing this article about the very topical issue of saturated fat, which was first published in the December …
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Nutrition Wins of 2017!

Nutrition Wins of 2017!

 At times it can feel challenging and frustrating to fight for evidence-based nutrition in a society which is full of …
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The Facts About Fats – Part 4: Coconut Oil Debunked

The Facts About Fats – Part 4: Coconut Oil Debunked

   This is the fourth and final infographic in The Facts About Fats series, this one covers the (sizzling) hot topic of …
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Intermittent Fasting

Intermittent Fasting

 I found it really interesting researching intermittent fasting diets for the February edition of NHD Magazine (PDF available at the end …
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The Dangers of Nutritional Pseudoscience

The Dangers of Nutritional Pseudoscience

 I was delighted to write this post about nutritional pseudoscience for Anna from 'Anna's Nutrition'. Why is pseudoscience so common when …
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A Brief History of Ridiculous Fad Diets

A Brief History of Ridiculous Fad Diets

 The word fad is derived from the 16th century term “fiddle-faddle” which is an adjective meaning ‘trifling’ or ‘trivial’; or when …
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Nutritional Nonsense Detection Kit

Nutritional Nonsense Detection Kit

 Over the Christmas and the New Year period I was thinking a lot about the abundance of nonsense nutritional information …
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