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Meat & disease – again!
Executive Summary * Yet another epidemiological paper has been published reporting associations between meat intake and different conditions. * This note goes through the study in a specific and...
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Plant-based ‘meat’ vs grass-fed meat
Executive summary * A paper was published in Nature Scientific Reports in July 2021. It used an analytical profiling technique (metabolomics) to compare plant-based ‘meat’ and grass-fed meat for...
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Meat & heart disease
Executive summary * Another attack on meat was published in July 2021. This one concluded that 50g/day more UNprocessed meat was (slightly) associated with heart disease (9% relative risk), processed...
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Global meat trade & health
Executive summary * A study recently claimed that 5,000 people die each year because of trade of red and processed meat. * The study was a modelling exercise and thus whatever is assumed will be found...
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Who follows a carnivore diet?
Executive summary * A study has been published, which reported the results of a survey of over 2,000 people who followed a carnivore diet for at least 6 months. * The study makes no claims – it merely...
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Protein in meat vs Beyond Burger
Executive summary * This week's note reviews a study that examined meat vs fake meat (Beyond Burger). * Other studies have looked at the nutritional profile of meat vs the plant substitute. This study...
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Does meat cause CVD & T2D?
Executive summary * An umbrella review was conducted with the aim of examining all evidence related to meat intake and cardiovascular disease (CVD) and Type 2 Diabetes (T2D). Meat intake was examined...
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Diets, health & carbon footprint
Introduction I spotted this week’s paper on the Medical Xpress news website and a couple of people also emailed me about it. The headline I saw was “Keto vs. vegan: Study of popular diets finds over...
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Red meat & Type 2 Diabetes
Executive summary * This week’s study made media headlines worldwide and generated much interest on Twitter. * It claimed that having examined data from 216,695 people, red meat intake (total,...
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Review of 2023
Happy New Year! We’re kicking off with a review of last year. As many people think about diet at this time of year, you may like to re-visit the June post about the DASH diet vs very low carb. You...
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