Unpacking the link between processed meat and dementia
The evidence of a link between processed meat and cancer is now strong enough for some organisations to recommend not eating any. There’s also increasing…
Tag: Nutrition
Eating breakfast early may cut diabetes risk: study
US researchers also raise questions over the benefits of restricting eating times.
Patient’s chronic ulcers heal with plant-based diet: case
The 63-year-old woman was willing to 'try anything' to treat the rare leg ulceration, so she read a book on whole-foods eating.
How green veggies left renal patient on dialysis: case
The elderly man developed end stage kidney failure after eating too many leafy vegetables, triggering oxalate nephrology.
This simple change could help patients with overactive bladder
Cutting dietary salt intake resulted in a reduction in frequency symptoms, a small Japanese study shows.
Fruit juice, sugar and the falling health stars of a Big Food industry
Fruit juice is big business. The industry in Australia contributes more than $900 million to the economy and provides more than 5000 jobs. × Welcome to AusDoc.…
Doctors welcome cut in fruit juice’s ‘flawed’ 5-star health rating
Ophthalmologist and 2020 Australian of the Year Dr James Muecke backs a decision highlighting the sugar content of fruit juices.
The Voldemort advice for T2DM that GPs should not ignore
In Australia, ‘low carb’ is the diabetes world’s equivalent of ‘Voldemort’ — the suggestion that diabetes remission can be achieved with low-carb dietary approaches is rarely…
Good nutrition can lift mood: new guidelines
The RANZCP has updated its 2015 advice on mood disorders, stressing the importance of lifestyle strategies.
CHD risk not lowered by boosting dietary antioxidants: study
The authors say it is therefore also unlikely that supplements will reduce CHD risk.
