10 Ways our diet today differs radically from the diet that best suits our genes
Our genetic heritage and nutrition We evolved as hunter gatherers and genetically our bodies run optimally when we eat in line with our genes. Would you feed a rabbit meat, or a lion grains? Many of...
View ArticlePrime TV NZ – True Stories: The World's Heaviest Man, Manuel Uribe, Tuesday...
Prime TV, on Tuesday 6th and Tuesday 13th at 9:40PM, features Manuel Uribe, described as the world’s heaviest man, at 555kg. It follows his journey as he embarks on the Zone Diet to lose weight: More...
View ArticleWould the world's heaviest man have done better on the Paleo diet?
I watched Prime TV’s Doco, part 2 last night following Manuel Uribe’s quest for weight loss using the Zone diet. After losing a massive 258 kg, his weight loss slowed to around 10 kg in the last few...
View ArticleSleep, Depression, and Stress Influence Weight Loss
From Medscape Today - a study reported in the Int J Obesity. This study shows clearly that stress, lack of sleep and depression, all decrease the rate of fat loss when on a diet. The diet used in this...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Resisting sweets harder for obese when blood sugar drops
Those who are obese have a greater desire for, and more difficulty resisting sweet high calorie foods than a lean person when blood sugar drops, even just a little. And when cortisol kicks in the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
NZ Nutrition policy favours the food industry – not public health
This, just in yesterday’s news is rather sobering. In 2006, the NZ government asked for submissions for an inquiry into Obesity and Type 2 diabetes.The resulting policy changes (or lack of them)...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Sooo.. Coke has a campaign to address the obesity epidemic in New Zealand
New Zealand like the rest of the Western World is getting fatter and sicker, type 2 diabetes is rampant. Coca Cola says they are going to help by providing education and sponsoring sporting activities...
View ArticleWhen we argue about vegan or paleo, ultra-processed foods get ignored
Ultra processed food. The same three ingredients a thousand different ways. While we discuss / argue about whether we should eat meat or not, whether paleo or plant based is best, attention is diverted...
View ArticleA low carb high fat diet can be lower in fat than a standard American diet
As I have mentioned in previous posts – Some of the work I’ve done has been for diet related documentaries. In the last few years I carried out research for the Nigel Latta presented programme called...
View Article“The Truth About Carbs” BBC documentary the diet rapidly reverses type 2...
I’ve written about Dr. David Unwin in previous posts. He is an inspirational GP in the UK who is using a whole food, low carbohydrate diet to reverse type 2 diabetes and obesity and saves the NHS...
View Article
