Feature Nutrition The scientific report guiding the US dietary guidelines: is it scientific? BMJ 2015; 351 doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.h4962 (Published 23 September 2015) Cite this as: BMJ 2015;351:h4962 Response by Nina Teicholz I’m delighted that The BMJ has stood by this article and decided against retraction. Two outside reviewers judged that the criticisms of the piece … Continue reading
It would be funny if it wasn’t so tragic. Gary Fettke, a Tasmanian orthopaedic surgeon has been banned from talking to patients about the nutritional changes they can make to prevent amputations. His wife, a nurse, tells his story here: http://www.nofructose.com/gary-fettke/ Gary’s presentation on you tube is here: Continue reading
The USA based Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics submitted comments supporting the scientific process used by the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee in drafting its recommendations for the 2015 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. The Academy’s recommendations to the Departments of Agriculture and Health and Human Services include: 1) Supporting the DGAC in its decision to drop … Continue reading
The Kings Fund, new GMC chairman and Canadian researchers hope so. So do many practising doctors. With the workload pressures, lack of extra resources and retention and recruitment crisis doing nothing is no longer an option. We are very strong on patient education on our site, but no matter how smart we can be about … Continue reading
As of today, the UK has a new prime minister – Theresa May. Theresa May has type 1 diabetes. She was diagnosed later in life than is usual with type 1 – and she was misdiagnosed with type 2 initially. I’ve never harboured political ambitions. I’ve no idea how you would go about devising the … Continue reading
The vote to take the UK out of the EU has chilled me to the bone. Social well-being is inextricably linked to health and a careless decision taken by a majority of around 52% of voters has just messed up our economic system on which our well-being as citizens and patients depends. Scotland, Northern Ireland, … Continue reading
The UK government has released a new version of the risable “Eat well plate” which gives us at diabetesdietblog.com even more heartburn, if that were possible. In this they have given due pominence to fruit and vegetables but have also advised even more starch such as bread, potatoes, breakfast cereals, pasta and rice. Low fat … Continue reading
