Is Sugar poison?
Is sugar a "sweet poison"? Former corporate lawyer David Gillespie certainly says so. According to his new book and website, David Gillespie is a former lawyer, co-founder of a software company and...
View ArticleSo is chocolate good for us after all?
Whether or not chocolate is good or bad for you seems to be an issue which yo-yo's back and forth. A new study published in the British Medical Journal has reviewed other prior studies and research to...
View ArticleDukan Diet - Do French women get fat?
According to Mireille Guiliano, author of French Women Don't Get Fat, French women enjoy a phenomenon often referred to as the "french paradox". That is, that despite enjoying a rich diet of bread and...
View ArticleWhen near enough may be good enough
A new book The Good Enough Diet by Dr Adam Fraser and dietitian Tara Diversi has embraced the 80/20 rule (aka the Pareto Principle) to suggest that: the quest for perfection in diet and exercise is...
View Article5:2 diet - can you zigzag your way to weightloss?
Fad diets come and go. Weird and wonderful claims abound all wrapped up in various celebrity indorsements. But every now and then a diet comes along which just seems to make some sense. I've blogged...
View ArticleDiet myths
Check out this great article that busts lots of diet myths. http://au.askmen.com/sports/foodcourt/nutrition-myths.html
View ArticleSleep the weight off?
They say "you snooze - you lose!" Well maybe that is true when it comes to weight-loss? According to Dr Apovian's new book The Overnight Diet you can lose up to 2 pounds of fat the first night and up...
View ArticleNutraceuticals - health claims for food?
A medical food is defined by the US Food and Drug Administration as "a food which is formulated to be consumed or administered enterally under the supervision of a physician and which is intended for...
View ArticleWorldwide addiction - is coffee just letting you be average?
We've all laughed at those T-shirts or mugs with slogans like "Instant Human - Just add coffee!". But it seems there's more than a vein of truth to them. Billions of people around the world are...
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