The Doctors digest health and nutrition advice » The Doctors digest http://thedoctorsdigest.com health and nutrition advice Wed, 25 Nov 2020 11:44:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.41 A Tribute to Staffan Lindeberg http://thedoctorsdigest.com/a-tribute-to-staffan-lindeberg/ http://thedoctorsdigest.com/a-tribute-to-staffan-lindeberg/#comments Sat, 21 Jan 2017 14:18:54 +0000 http://thedoctorsdigest.com/?p=2885 Staffan was a colleague and close friend for the last two years, although it felt as though we had known each other for much longer – not least because Staffan was such a warm, understated and open person. A graduate of Lund University as well as an associate professor of family medicine, Staffan was no ‘hippy […]

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]]> http://thedoctorsdigest.com/a-tribute-to-staffan-lindeberg/feed/ 0 Participant Information Sheet for a two week or four week Palaeolithic Diet Study http://thedoctorsdigest.com/participant-information-sheet-for-a-two-week-or-four-week-palaeolithic-diet-study/ http://thedoctorsdigest.com/participant-information-sheet-for-a-two-week-or-four-week-palaeolithic-diet-study/#comments Wed, 27 Jul 2016 11:25:06 +0000 http://thedoctorsdigest.com/?p=2881 Participant Information Sheet for a two week or four week Palaeolithic Diet Study: For this study, I will cover the costs of all your blood tests (no small sum); the caveat is that you have to stick to the diet 100% during the prescribed time, and record all the information that’s required (in the attachment […]

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]]> http://thedoctorsdigest.com/participant-information-sheet-for-a-two-week-or-four-week-palaeolithic-diet-study/feed/ 1 Evidence of a vegetarian diet permanently shaping the human genome to change individual risk of cancer and heart disease http://thedoctorsdigest.com/evidence-of-a-vegetarian-diet-permanently-shaping-the-human-genome-to-change-individual-risk-of-cancer-and-heart-disease/ http://thedoctorsdigest.com/evidence-of-a-vegetarian-diet-permanently-shaping-the-human-genome-to-change-individual-risk-of-cancer-and-heart-disease/#comments Sat, 21 May 2016 14:51:48 +0000 http://thedoctorsdigest.com/?p=2861 Evidence of a vegetarian diet permanently shaping the human genome to change individual risk of cancer and heart disease Click on the above link to go to the Science Daily summary of the original paper Are we what we eat? Date: March 29, 2016 Source: Molecular Biology and Evolution (Oxford University Press) Summary: In a new evolutionary proof […]

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]]> http://thedoctorsdigest.com/evidence-of-a-vegetarian-diet-permanently-shaping-the-human-genome-to-change-individual-risk-of-cancer-and-heart-disease/feed/ 0 Why are doctors reluctant to accept change? http://thedoctorsdigest.com/why-are-doctors-reluctant-to-accept-change/ http://thedoctorsdigest.com/why-are-doctors-reluctant-to-accept-change/#comments Tue, 09 Feb 2016 18:33:35 +0000 http://thedoctorsdigest.com/?p=2620 Why are doctors reluctant to accept change? Let me start by saying that I don’t know the precise answer to this question. In our defence, it isn’t only doctors who are reluctant to accept change. Most of us are creatures of habit and are probably all a little bit guilty of following accepted dogma blindly. And if a change […]

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]]> http://thedoctorsdigest.com/why-are-doctors-reluctant-to-accept-change/feed/ 0 Why “The Paleo Diet” is not synonymous with a “Low-carb Diet”. http://thedoctorsdigest.com/why-the-paleo-diet-is-not-synonymous-with-a-low-carb-diet/ http://thedoctorsdigest.com/why-the-paleo-diet-is-not-synonymous-with-a-low-carb-diet/#comments Tue, 24 Nov 2015 16:15:15 +0000 http://thedoctorsdigest.com/?p=2769 Many people think that the “Paleo diet” is synonymous with a “Low-Carb” diet. This most certainly is not the case. A central feature of the Paleo diet is that how much carb, protein or fat that one eats is not as important as where the carbs, fat and protein came from. For example, a carb from a […]

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]]> http://thedoctorsdigest.com/why-the-paleo-diet-is-not-synonymous-with-a-low-carb-diet/feed/ 0 Dietary Controversies http://thedoctorsdigest.com/dietary-controversies/ http://thedoctorsdigest.com/dietary-controversies/#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2015 08:47:46 +0000 http://thedoctorsdigest.com/?p=2757 1. Video of “Dietary Controversies” talk at the Royal Society of Medicine. Introduction to “Seminar on Evolutionary Nutrition” at the Royal Society of Medicine on the 6th of November 2015 2. Are Western Diseases Normal? 3. The Western Diet and Diseases of Civilisation.

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]]> http://thedoctorsdigest.com/dietary-controversies/feed/ 0 Is there such a thing as one single Hunter-Gatherer diet? http://thedoctorsdigest.com/is-there-such-a-thing-as-one-single-hunter-gatherer-diet/ http://thedoctorsdigest.com/is-there-such-a-thing-as-one-single-hunter-gatherer-diet/#comments Wed, 03 Jun 2015 14:28:54 +0000 http://thedoctorsdigest.com/?p=2691 Until 10,000 years ago all humans ate wild and unprocessed food. These last 10,000 years represent roughly 500 generations of mankind – this recent blip in our long history is the era in which agriculture, farming and civilisations developed. Even though modern Man may be civilised and intellectually superior to pre-historic Man, our genomes are […]

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]]> http://thedoctorsdigest.com/is-there-such-a-thing-as-one-single-hunter-gatherer-diet/feed/ 0 Can your diet literally make you short sighted? http://thedoctorsdigest.com/can-your-diet-literally-make-you-short-sighted/ http://thedoctorsdigest.com/can-your-diet-literally-make-you-short-sighted/#comments Thu, 28 May 2015 16:50:33 +0000 http://thedoctorsdigest.com/?p=2569 A fascinating paper. An evolutionary analysis of the aetiology and pathogenesis of juvenile-onset myopia ABSTRACT The available evidence suggests that both genes and environment play a crucial role in the development of juvenile-onset myopia. When the human visual system is examined from an evolutionary perspective, it becomes apparent that humans, living in the original environmental niche […]

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]]> http://thedoctorsdigest.com/can-your-diet-literally-make-you-short-sighted/feed/ 0 Towards a Paradigm Shift in Cholesterol Treatment. A Re-examination of the Cholesterol Issue in Japan: Abstracts. http://thedoctorsdigest.com/towards-a-paradigm-shift-in-cholesterol-treatment-a-re-examination-of-the-cholesterol-issue-in-japan-abstracts/ http://thedoctorsdigest.com/towards-a-paradigm-shift-in-cholesterol-treatment-a-re-examination-of-the-cholesterol-issue-in-japan-abstracts/#comments Tue, 19 May 2015 11:39:36 +0000 http://thedoctorsdigest.com/?p=2583 Towards a Paradigm Shift in Cholesterol Treatment. A Re-examination of the Cholesterol Issue in Japan: Abstracts. Summary: All-cause mortality is the most appropriate outcome to use when investigating risk factors for lifethreatening disease. Section 1 discusses all-cause mortality according to cholesterol levels, as determined by large epidemiological studies in Japan. Overall, an inverse trend is […]

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]]> http://thedoctorsdigest.com/towards-a-paradigm-shift-in-cholesterol-treatment-a-re-examination-of-the-cholesterol-issue-in-japan-abstracts/feed/ 0 The Story of Mokolo the Gorilla: How he shed 65 pounds whilst doubling his calorie intake http://thedoctorsdigest.com/the-story-of-mokolo-the-gorilla-how-he-shed-65-pounds-whilst-doubling-his-calorie-intake/ http://thedoctorsdigest.com/the-story-of-mokolo-the-gorilla-how-he-shed-65-pounds-whilst-doubling-his-calorie-intake/#comments Tue, 05 May 2015 11:17:58 +0000 http://thedoctorsdigest.com/?p=2540 It appears that humans aren’t the only species to be afflicted with heart disease. Animals in captivity are too. In fact, heart disease is the number one killer of male Western lowland gorillas in North American zoos. Brooks, a 21-year-old gorilla, died of heart failure at an American Zoo in 2005. Following the death of Brooks, […]

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