New evidence further tips the scales against low carbohydrate-high protein diets
‘Flabs to abs in a day!’, ‘Thin in a fortnight!’, ‘Eat What You Like And Still Lose Weight!’. You know the kind of thing. We are constantly bombarded by diets that promise to help us shed the extra...
View ArticleComputer and web-based interventions can improve eating behaviour and/or diet...
The ‘silver surfers’ in the woodland have been keener than ever to get online this week since our post on eHealth Literacy in the older generation. I thought it was time now that we turned our...
View ArticleScottish evidence briefing highlights knowledge and skills for promoting good...
Well the children are back at school and the little elves in my household did a fair bit of moaning on the first couple of days. They had to run round the playing field several times, as fast as they...
View ArticleGetting children to eat their greens (and reds and yellows): a new Cochrane...
I was a very fortunate young elf as one of my worst memories is of being made to sit in front of a plate of marrow until I ate it, which isn’t going to make much of a misery memoir, is it? The marrow...
View ArticleA diet low in total fat can reduce your body weight
I know, I know, it’s simply not the time of year to be worrying about this kind of thing. Feel free to finish that mince pie, close your eyes, stick your fingers in your ears and give a loud ‘Ho, Ho,...
View ArticleNo such thing as just a spoonful of sugar: new research on eating too much of...
There’s been plenty of the white stuff in the news over the weekend. It’s everywhere, affecting every household. Most of us love it, a few of us hate it, and it poses risks to our health. Yes, I’m...
View ArticleLess fat in, less fat on: good evidence that lower fat intake leads to lower...
In shining the spotlight on body weight and diet last week, the British Medical Journal looked not just at new research on the links with sugar intake, which I blogged on Monday, but also at fat...
View ArticleA home-based program improves physical activity and nutritional behaviour in...
What a busy morning I’ve had spending quality time with the Elders in the Woodland. We started off with a spot of tai chi in amongst the snowdrops, followed by a pot of Rosy Lee reclining on the...
View ArticleDoes cutting the cost of fruit and veg encourage us to eat more of them? New...
While there is widespread agreement that people need lots of fruits and vegetables in their diets, most people fall well short of meeting daily recommendations. Studies show that people of lower...
View ArticleNew randomized controlled trial says omega 3s good for the young adult brain
Many people don’t consume very much fish and seafood, or at least compared to how much humans might have gotten before we shifted to an agricultural society. This has led many doctors and scientists to...
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