Public Health – The Harcombe Diet Club

How to assess evidence in nutrition

Introduction I’ve just got back from the west coast of the US where I spoke at two CrossFit events. The

Introduction We’re sticking with saturated fat for this week’s topic – even the mammoth newsletter last week didn’t capture

Introduction The papers didn’t seem to know how to cover this story. The BBC headline was “Statins ‘don’t work well

Introduction In my last year of corporate life (2008), as HR Director across a group of companies I introduced

Introduction Each week I often receive an email suggesting a topic for the Monday note. Every now and again

The BBC headline was ”Low-carb diets could shorten life, study suggests” (Ref 1). In the US, CNN went with “Low

This is my favourite part of Dr Jason Fung’s fabulous book The Obesity Code. It’s called “The Parable of the

On 1st July 2018, the BBC Radio 4 Food Programme did a programme on the ‘Eatwell’ Guide. This is the

Food for Thought: The Science and politics of nutrition “There is no miracle diet, but there is a miracle meeting

Dr Peter Brukner, former team doctor for the Australian cricket team, and Dr Karim Khan, editor of the British Journal

In the autumn of 2016 a review panel called SACN, which stands for Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition, invited input

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