Executive summary * “The EAT Lancet diet” was published in January 2019. The diet (with ranges) was specified to the ...

* I analysed the nutrition content of the diet. Even using the maximum intake of animal foods allowed, the diet was severely ...

* This note examines two research questions with original references of the time: i) How was any connection between cholesterol and heart disease first made? ii) Does eating cholesterol raise blood ...

* Loma Linda University has studied Seventh Day Adventists (SDAs) over many decades. * A recent paper using data from the Adventists Health Study 2 (AHS-2) examined associations between vegetarian vs ...

* Last week's note reviewed a Korean population study, which led to headlines such as "Taking statins could slash dementia risk." The claims were not robust. * This week's note reports findings from a ...

* Another association study has been published by the Harvard factory of population papers. This one claimed that butter intake was associated with higher mortality, while consumption of plant-based ...

* I have received many emails from readers about recent claims in the media that seed oils are not harmful and that, on the contrary, they can reduce heart disease. The common factor in the media ...

This week’s note features a podcast with Professor Norman Fenton. Norman is Professor Emeritus of Risk at Queen Mary University of London (retired as Full Professor December 2022) and a Director of ...

I was invited by The Nutrition Network to do a talk at their annual summer party. Members of the Nutrition Network are real food nutritionists and natural health practitioners and so I didn’t think ...

Benjamin Bikman earned his Ph.D. in Bioenergetics and was a postdoctoral fellow with the Duke-National University of Singapore in metabolic disorders. Currently, his professional focus as a scientist ...

* I read a book called “Burn: The misunderstood science of metabolism” by Dr Herman Pontzer. Pontzer had lived with and studied the Hadza – a modern hunter-gatherer people living in northern Tanzania.