Being okay
My column in today’s JEP looks at mental health provision and a few simple things to do if you’re ‘not OK’. Would you like help with anxiety or depression? You can book a free, no-obligation …
Category: In the News
Poor hospital food and parking
Jersey Evening Post article 05 February 2020 Some years ago, when I last went to see my doctor, I remarked how stressed and tired he looked; that, he said, was because the practice was short …
Fibre sources and low carb
My article in today’s JEP talks about sources of fibre and mixed messages (and misunderstanding) of low carb. Last month saw another study published by The Lancet, which was released with great fanfare across the …
Why the EAT report is a disaster
This is my latest article in the Jersey Evening Post. It outlines my concerns about the EAT report.
Which is best – low cal or intermittent fasting?
My latest opinion piece in the Jersey Evening Post considers the madness of low calorie diets and the benefits of intermittent fasting. The NHS and Diabetes UK have come up with their latest wheeze: starving …
10 a Day? Are they Kidding? Article in the Jersey Evening Post
Here’s the last post I made in shorter form and a couple of local bits added as an article in today’s Jersey Evening Post 🙂
10 portions of fruit and veg a day now recommended: are they kidding?
The Times et al advised us on 24th Feb that we should be eating 10 portions of fruit and veg a day, not 5. Surely they are kidding? Here is my take on their article …
Helping depression in children with diet
My article/opinion piece in the Jersey Evening Post this week looked at how on how diet can help cause/alleviate anxiety and depression in children. Of course, the same goes for teens and adults. Here it …
Mail Fail
The Mail on Sunday (18 Sept 2016) have published an eight-page pull-out, ‘Think Yourself Slim’ and promised no forbidden foods, just the power of your mind to lose weight. Let’s look at how they did.
Vitamin D supplements now advised for all
I’ve been saying this for years, and now it’s official: the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN), after an extensive review of the data from studies, suggests everyone over the age of one needs vitamin …
FINALLY! Official advice on low-fat diet is wrong, says National Obesity Forum
I have just been listening to a heated argument on Radio 4’s Today programme… and it’s one that is not going to go away anytime soon: the report, published jointly by the UK’s National Obesity Forum …
NHS inadvertently doing coeliacs a favour!
At lunchtime today I was listening to the tail end of You and Yours, a UK consumer progamme; they were talking about how the NHS is withdrawing a ‘low cost’ programme of prescribing (paying for, …
Why this article in The Independent is wrong
This article trumpets the message that if you aren’t a true coeliac, you could get diabetes if you avoid grains. It’s wrong to say that and is just plain scaremongering without any recourse to scientific …
Number of adults with diabetes has quadrupled since 1980
The the World Health Organization (WHO) said today that the number of adults estimated to be living with diabetes has nearly quadrupled to 422 million since 1980. The worst areas affected are (worst first):
Largest ever seizures of fake food and drink
Appalling! In the UK, authorities recovered nearly 10,000 litres of fake or adulterated alcohol including wine, whisky and vodka. Maybe you think that’s not so bad, but what about the food side of things across …
‘Why I won’t practise medicine of failure’
Good for Tim Noakes! I hope he wipes the floor with the HPCSA. Not sure what this is about? Read on…