What is a Superfood? Nutrient density is defined as the nutrients divided by the calories in a food. The higher the number, the closer a food would be to being a superfood. I saw a table of these in this article which sets out reasons to become vegetarian. The table shows that raw leafy green vegetables […]
Category archives: dietitians
Maryke, Queen of (Vegan?) Dietitians
Hypocrisy of the Church Religions are often accused of being hypocritical. When you set a high moral standard, you often end up with egg on your face when you do not live up to it. Whether it is paedophilia and the Catholic Church or Buddhists releasing birds as a good deed, we can prosecute, punish, amend behaviour […]
Diabetes: A Tale to my Daughter of Lions and Sheep
My Daughter’s Angst I want to tell you a true story about my diabetes and it is also about lions and sheep. Recently I rolled my ankle while exercising and as a result, I had a sore foot. I was hobbling around at home and my daughter noticed. She didn’t say anything but a few days […]
Nigeria: Sisters are Doin’ it for Themselves
Our Shame In Australia, our fat-cat bureaucrats, egghead scientists, over-lobbied politicians, salivating not-for-profit CEOs, conflicted dietitians organisations, greedy pharmaceutical companies and over sweetened food industry CEOs are debating obesity strategy and sugar or health taxes. The government has already dispensed a National Diabetes Strategy that this motley crew put together that wouldn’t even make it […]
Health Networking for Chronic Disease
The Usual Channels We have accepted that your regular networking channels for health may offer some relief, but they won’t offer you anything approaching a cure. For example, If you are looking to reduce your dependency on medications? Avoid any ‘lifestyle information’ that has the seal of approval from pharmaceutical companies. If you have diabetes […]
Can We Get Low Carb Help From Dietitians?
Can We Trust Dietitians? Not to re-invent the wheel as Foodmed.net did an in-depth series of articles on the Dietitians Association of Australia (DAA). These reports questioned in particular whether food industry sponsorship skewed their advice, whether their spokespeople were in touch and not influenced by industry, how there was likely to be dubious media information […]
Is a Very Low Carb Ketogenic Diet (VLCKD) Safe?
Reconciling Strange Advice from Dietitians If you are reading these posts, you will remember that we started this journey because we saw a media release that seemed odd. The Dietitian’s Association of Australia (DAA) recommended that ladies with Poly Cystic Ovarian Syndrome should eat more ‘grainy bread’. We found that advice not to be supported […]
The Case for a Low Carbohydrate Diet for PCOS
We are moving through some questions to determine if we should try a Very Low Carbohydrate Ketogenic Diet (VLCKD) to help with PCOS. If you have not read them, then you should read the previous posts before this one. In previous posts, we examined the Dietitian’s Association of Australia’s (DAA) press release recommending that ladies […]
DAA Says Increase Carbohydrates
A Cure for PCOS? In our previous post, it seemed there might be a dietary treatment for ‘our’ chronic condition of PCOS. The treatment was a Very Low Carbohydrate Ketogenic Diet (VLCKD). That advice lowers carbohydrate intake against the opinion of the ‘expert’ dietitians (DAA). Before we do that, it is prudent to ask a […]
Discordant Dietitians
Horrible Histories So, if you have read the previous posts in order, you may be ready to take control of your health. Maybe not. You may not be convinced that the experts are dead or you may still be sceptical of me and my posts. In any case, you are probably wondering what the best […]