It may feel like you’re in a time warp or a bad diet-wars nightmare, but Kevin Hall just published YET ANOTHER study pitting the high-fat keto diet against a very low fat plant-based diet. Social media is enraged again – it seems we’re living in a world where only controversy gets clicks. I shared a …
Will the debate around eating plants vs animals ever end? Ever since Cain and Abel, people have been zealous about their chosen way of eating. But when religious beliefs, ethical conviction, environmental sustainability and big business align around food, they are a force to be reckoned with. Most people agree that we should avoid highly …
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A critical review of Kevin Hall’s latest study “A plant-based, low-fat diet decreases ad libitum energy intake compared to an animal-based, ketogenic diet: An inpatient randomized controlled trial” through the lense of nutritional optimisation.
Nutrition can be confusing. The fact that there is so much passionate disagreement over what constitutes an ‘optimal human diet’ suggests that we still have a lot to learn. One of the earliest Biblical conflicts and the first murder involved revolved around whether an animal vs grain sacrifice was more appropriate (i.e. Cain vs Abel). …
To celebrate the release of the How Not to Die Cookbook I thought it would be interesting to review some of Dr Greger’s recipes to see how they stack up nutritionally. Firstly, I’ve got to give kudos on the layout. I bought my copy on Apple iBooks and was impressed at how you could interactively …
A comparison of the keto diet and vegan diet vs the for diabetes (e.g. Mangoman, Dr Greger and What the Health).