Science Catch-up. Low-Carb Mediterranean Diet For Fat Loss?

Welcome to our Thursday Science Catch-up: curated links by The Health Sciences Academy. Get our email updates every other Thursday here (it’s free). Let’s catch you up with studies and news that recently made the headlines! Click on your favourite topics to read our summary: 1. Low-carb Mediterranean diet for fat loss? 2. High intensity…

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Science Catch-up. Coffee: How Many Cups?

Welcome to our Thursday Science Catch-up: curated links by The Health Sciences Academy. Get our email updates every other Thursday here (it’s free). Let’s catch you up with studies and news that recently made the headlines! Click on your favourite topics to read our summary: 1. Coffee: How many cups? 2. Mindfulness for weight loss:…

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Science Catch-up. Gluten-free Or… Fructan-free?

Welcome to our Thursday’s Science Catch-up: curated links by The Health Sciences Academy. Get our email updates every other Thursday here (it’s free). Let’s catch you up with studies and news that recently made the headlines! Click on your favourite topics to read our summary: 1. Gluten-free or… Fructan-free? 2. Mushroom confusion: Weight loss aid……

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Science Catch-up. Plant Hormones. Skin Photo-Ageing. Hunger Hormones.

Welcome to our Thursday’s Science Catch-up: curated links by The Health Sciences Academy. Get our email updates every other Thursday here (it’s free). Let’s catch you up with studies and news that recently made the headlines! Click on your favourite topics to read our summary: 1. Plant hormones could be “educating” our cells and gut…

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[New Scientific Study] Not All Plant-Based Diets Created Equal?

Today, let’s review a new scientific study hot off the press… about plant-based diets! We see plant-based studies in the news quite often. But what’s a “plant-based diet” anyway? The definition of a plant-based diet is highly debated these days… Some say it’s a vegan diet. Others include vegetarian eating. While many argue it’s a…

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Science Catch-up. Coconut oil as unhealthy as beef fat and butter?

Welcome to our Thursday’s Science Catch-up: curated links by The Health Sciences Academy. Get our email updates every other Thursday here (it’s free). Let’s catch you up with studies and news that recently made the headlines! Click on your favourite topics to read our summary: 1. Coconut oil as unhealthy as beef fat and butter?…

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Science Catch-up. Microbes caught “speaking” to gut genes!

Davison et al, 2017

Welcome to our Thursday’s Science Catch-up: curated links by The Health Sciences Academy. Get our email updates every other Thursday here (it’s free). Let’s catch you up with studies and news that recently made the headlines! Click on your favourite topics to read our summary: 1. Microbes caught “speaking” to gut genes! 2. Oats: safe…

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Science Catch-up. Breaking News: Can Fizzy Water Increase Food Cravings?

Microbes caught “speaking” to gut genes!

Welcome to our Thursday’s Science Catch-up: curated links by The Health Sciences Academy. Get our email updates every other Thursday here (it’s free). Let’s catch you up with studies and news that recently made the headlines! Click on your favourite topics to read our summary: 1. Breaking news: Can fizzy water increase food cravings? 2.…

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Book Review. Slim by Design – by Brian Wansink

September 2018 Update: Several of Wansik’s studies have been retracted. You can find the retractions list here. The below book review is still worth reading. ——————————– We thought it’d be fun to review a book (in this case Slim by Design) and highlight the kinds of things we noticed that perhaps most readers are not…

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Science Catch-up. If You Carry This Gene, High-Protein Weight-Loss Diets May Make You Hungrier

Prenatal BPA exposure may lead to overeating later in life

Welcome to our Thursday’s Science Catch-up: curated links by The Health Sciences Academy. Get our email updates every other Thursday here (it’s free). Let’s catch you up with studies and news that recently made the headlines! Click on your favourite topics to read our summary: 1. Breaking news: If you carry this gene, high-protein weight-loss…

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