Pass the potassium salt: Is this the next population health revolution?
There is too much sodium in our diets and not enough potassium — an obvious problem to anyone who learnt about the sodium-potassium pump in…
Tag: Nutrition
What is the new ‘type 5 diabetes’ and did a British doctor in Jamaica predict it in 1955?
How many types of diabetes do you know? The International Diabetes Federation has just recognised type 5 diabetes: a form of severe insulin-deficient diabetes where long-term nutrient deficiencies…
Relative energy deficiency in sport
Need to know: Exercise and sport are important and essential parts of overall health. However, there are times when they can negatively impact the health…
A Mediterranean approach to diet
The Mediterranean diet is a dietary pattern based on the eating habits and traditional foods from the olive-growing regions of the Mediterranean basin before the…
‘I thought I had something neurologically nasty’: Doctor’s adverse event with vitamin B6 triggers TGA review
A retired emergency doctor has described how she developed peripheral neuropathy from vitamin B6 toxicity after unwittingly consuming the nutrient in a magnesium supplement. Dr…
Licorice lands 71-year-old man in ICU: Aussie case
Six weeks of munching through a birthday box of confectionery has landed man in his 70s in ICU with severe hypokalaemia, Australian doctors report. The…
What pregnant women are missing in their diet and the impact on maternal and fetal health: expert analysis
Updated guidance for GPs from leading nutrition scientist Dr Emma Beckett
Hypertension is the hallmark of this easily missed diagnosis
Chen is a 46-year-old factory worker who presents with fatigue. He denies any associated systemic symptoms or stress at home or work and has not…
Only 10% of women get enough choline in pregnancy: this is what it means for maternal and fetal health
Australian pregnant women are not getting enough of the essential nutrient choline, potentially affecting poor cognitive outcomes in offspring, warns …
Patients with PCOS want more than weight-loss advice: Aussie review
A systematic review of PCOS treatment shows that doctors and patients agree on one thing: the current approach is not working. The Australian authors evaluated…
