It started out that ordinary animal fats -- saturated fats -- were widely used in processed food -- cakes, cookies etc. But then we were all told that saturated fats were bad for you. So ma...
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PERSONAL TRAINER SAYS A MCDONALD'S CHEESEBURGER IS 'HEALTHIER' THAN A PROTEIN COOKIE A personal trainer and fitness infuencer swears a McDonald's cheeseburger will really not set your progress b...
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DRINKING A BEER OR GLASS OF WINE A DAY COULD PROTECT YOU FROM GETTING HEART DISEASE Drinking a wine or beer every day could be the key to preventing heart disease in the elderly, a study has r...
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The 'occasional' glass of wine is perfectly safe, scientists have insisted in a bid to put to bed fears that a tipple with dinner could be detrimental to health. A landmark paper published in th...
http://john-ray.blogspot.com/2021/10/why-that-glass-of-wine-with-dinner-isnt.html
Dr Paul Gow Socially, when I say I’m a liver specialist, people imagine me to be a puritanical teetotaller. But I am actually quite the opposite. I enjoy a drink. I don’t enjoy all types of ...
http://john-ray.blogspot.com/2021/09/a-leading-australian-doctor-has-made.html
An oxygen therapy given to patients in pressurised rooms could halt or even reverse Alzheimer's disease, a study has found. A small-scale trial of six older people with early stage of memory lo...
http://john-ray.blogspot.com/2021/09/alzheimers-could-be-stopped-or-even_14.html
Taking antibiotic drugs may raise the risk of developing colon cancer five to 10 years down the line, according to a new study of more than 40,000 cancer cases in Sweden. Past studies hinted...
http://john-ray.blogspot.com/2021/09/antibiotics-may-raise-colon-cancer-risk.html
If we’ve learned anything from the Covid-19 pandemic, it’s the make-or-break importance of solid, up-to-date scientific information – and the regulatory flexibility necessary to respond to ...
http://john-ray.blogspot.com/2021/06/follow-science-at-least-on-nutrition.html
Note that word "potentially". A near synonym would be "unproven". And even the chief researcher says: "I don’t think people should be concerned". Note that most plastics are inert so an...
http://john-ray.blogspot.com/2021/05/potentially-dangerous-levels-of.html
ANOTHER ATTACK ON YOUR BACON AND SAUSAGES The usual story: Tiny hazard ratios taken seriously. This is particularly unimpressive when one notes the international data sources -- very different...
EATING ONE RASHER OF BACON A DAY INCREASES YOUR CHANCE OF GETTING DEMENTIA BY 44%, STUDY INTO DANGERS OF PROCESSED MEATS SUGGESTS The heading above is misleading. The Hazard Ratios were all ve...
http://john-ray.blogspot.com/2021/03/eating-one-rasher-of-bacon-day.html
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There are a number of drug and supplement treatments that are said to help with COVID. Vitamin D can now be crossed off the list Effect of a Single High Dose of Vitamin D3 on Hospital Length o...
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The journal article: Associations of Fish Consumption With Risk of Cardiovascular Disease and Mortality Among Individuals With or Without Vascular Disease From 58 Countries Deepa Mohan et al. ...
http://john-ray.blogspot.com/2021/03/eat-as-much-fish-or-as-little-fish-as.html
In mice Natural compounds found in apples can reduce the risk of developing Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia, scientists say. High concentrations of compounds in apples and other...
http://john-ray.blogspot.com/2021/03/an-apple-day-really-does-keep-doctor_6.html
The journal article: https://acsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/cncr.33392 Good that the authors made no causal inferences. It is for starters a study of retired people so s...
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Journal reference: https://www.bmj.com/content/372/bmj.m4948 This study is nonsense on stilts. What they actually found was that people in countries where they ate little white bread had fe...
http://john-ray.blogspot.com/2021/02/ditch-white-bread-eating-more-than.html
This finding is from a very carefully analysed study with good controls. It even allowed for household income, which is unusual. The analyses were however of quintiles, with most comparisons b...
http://john-ray.blogspot.com/2021/02/step-away-from-omelette-eating-just.html
This is not a particuarly strong study methodologically but I am putting it up as an all-too-rare study where the effect of poverty is examined -- with the expected results Sameed Ahmed M. K...
http://john-ray.blogspot.com/2021/02/association-between-county-level-change.html
We're regularly told to minimise the amount of saturated fats we consume, but a new study suggests that eating foods rich in these fats could actually offer some protection against certain diseas...
http://john-ray.blogspot.com/2021/01/being-fat-can-protect-you-from-certain.html
Hagit Shoffel-Havakuk et al. Abstract Importance One-third of singers and vocal professionals report experiencing a benefit from empirical vitamin B12 injections for improvement of mild singi...
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Health chiefs constantly tell us to slash our salt intake, but new research suggests that having too little also carries health risks. Doctors at the Royal Free Hospital in London found that too...
http://john-ray.blogspot.com/2021/01/thisll-shake-you-too-little-salt-can-be.html
We know of fish as a healthy food, but pregnant women are told to limit consumption. Do the health benefits of eating fish outweigh the risks, particularly as stocks grow more depleted? In recen...
http://john-ray.blogspot.com/2021/01/is-eating-fish-healthy.html
Fruit growers and processors say they are crushed by a decision to cut the health star rating (HSR) for 100-per-cent no-added-sugar juices from five stars to as low as two stars. The decision ca...
http://john-ray.blogspot.com/2020/12/juice-industry-in-damage-control-after.html
Vegans who forgo all foods derived from animals have a far higher risk of broken bones than people who eat meat and fish, a study has shown. The findings, by Oxford University researchers, have ...
http://john-ray.blogspot.com/2020/12/vegans-40-more-likely-to-suffer-bone.html