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Posted by on Thu, 20 May 10 22:10
Diabetes drug knocks out B12
Metformin, the most prescribed diabetes drug, knocks out vitamin B12 and raises your homocysteine level, according to a study published today in the British Medical Journal.
Posted by on Thu, 22 Apr 10 12:03
Carbs, not fat, cause heart disease says Scientific American
A report out today in the Scientific American makes it clear that it’s high carb diets, meaning high GL diets, that increase heart disease risk, not fats as we’ve been led to believe.
Posted by on Tue, 20 Apr 10 18:05
Niacin and low GL diet better than cholesterol drugs
A study comparing the effects of niacin (B3) with the cholesterol lowering drug ezetimibe show that niacin unblocks arteries while ezetimibe does not. A low GL diet also improves cholesterol status and halves cardiovascular risk in women.
Posted by on Mon, 08 Mar 10 06:24
No alcohol more weight gain
Women who drink a light to moderate amount of alcohol appear to gain less weight and have a lower risk of becoming overweight and obese than non-drinkers, according to a report in the Archives of Internal Medicine.
Posted by on Mon, 08 Feb 10 09:44
How two fat ladies lost 5 stone in 3 months.
Last October Ireland’s TV3 challenged me to help two overweight ladies lose a lot of weight in three months. Today, TV3 reveal the results of Una and Mary’s health transformation, following my low GL diet principles.
Posted by on Tue, 24 Nov 09 08:40
Feast or famine - eat every other day
Known as intermittent dieting today’s article in the Daily Mail extols the benefits of eating less every other day. I agree.
Posted by on Thu, 22 Oct 09 02:04
Diabetes disaster
Figures released today show that the number of people in the world with diabetes has risen from an estimated 30 million in 1985 to 285 million. Yet this disease is both preventable and reversible. Why are experts ignoring the evidence?
Posted by on Mon, 05 Oct 09 10:13
Depression – food is better than drugs
In case you didn’t know anti-depressant drugs work as ‘enhanced placebos’.
