NHS England has announced a new treatment for type 2 diabetes in the form of a very low-calorie diet (VLCD). Thousands of patients will be prescribed the 800-calories-a-day regimen as…
The meat industry uses the tobacco playbook to sow doubt about health risks. Fake science and lobbying undermine public trust.
The study modelled what the tax on processed and red meat products should be if the health consequences of consuming them were taken into account. They also considered the level…
In the same week that Waitrose showed its food magazine editor William Sitwell the door for mocking vegans, they have published a report suggesting that one in eight Britons are…
The review published in BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care analysed all previous controlled trials where plant-based diets were used to treat or manage diabetes in adults. The aim of…
The ‘fat is back’ brigade got a roasting in today’s Guardian “Butter nonsense: the rise of the cholesterol deniers”. This lot, not unlike flat earthers and climate change deniers, will not…
