Category Archives: Nutrition
Big food businesses to solve big society’s big waistlines?
Mr Lansley has been at it again……. Health secretary Andrew Lansley came up against the acerbic reparte of the Foundry’s own Dave Thomas back when he was in opposition. His disparaging and needless remarks on Jamie Oliver’s attempt to encourage … Continue reading
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Why you should always read the evidence behind the claims…
This caught my eye while looking for something on the internet today… http://www.wddty.com/homeopathy-relieves-side-effects-of-cancer-therapies.html Here is the quote from the website “What Doctors Don’t Tell You” “Homeopathy isn’t quite the quack medicine its critics claim. It can help relieve some of … Continue reading
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Nutrition, media magniloquence and more salt stupidity.
Nutrition and media magniloquence…..
I am a fan of Sky News and I always enjoy the dry wit of Eamonn Holmes in the morning and of course the lovely Lucy Verasamy telling me how it will be grey, windy, and almost certainly wet outside. Again. However, this morning my quest for a gear to grind was met wonderfully by one of their lead stories. Media reporting can often be misleading, but today’s headline of ‘high street salads saltier than a big mac’ really went over the top and so here to bring some balance back into things is my latest rant on the media and how they twist stories to add sensation. Continue reading
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