Without wanting to bore readers with my life story, let me just say that after cutting out cans of coke and some sugars (because these made me hungry, or at the very least less full), I did the following: Cut…

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Dr Robert Lustig is on a bit of a mission, he believes that high sugar intake, including fructose, is responsible for the obesity epidemic, and could be responsible for 35 million deaths worldwide, which if proved, would be the highest…

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Can you be addicted to carbs? I think you can. One thing I do know, is that high sugar content does not make you feel full. When was the last time you drank a can of coke, fruit juice a…

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Fruit Juice is good for us, right? In Fat Chance by Dr Robert Lustig, he argues that concentrated fruit juice has a high calorie content and provokes a high level of insulin (amongst other things). It also contains high levels…

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Just seen on the news that twelve companies including Morrisons, Subway and Nestlé have signed up to reduce the amount of saturated fat in foods, citing the link to heart disease. My view is that for sure this is something…

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My wife was telling one of her workmates my story how I had lost three and a half stone and was the same weight at nearly 50 as I was when I was 25. She replied “I’m not doing that,…

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I am usually sceptical at adverts, would much rather work things out for myself. I have never tried probiotics although I like yoghurt, because it sounded to me too much like health food. Let me digress. I am a big…

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So far in the story, I had decided to stop drinking coca cola, and count calories at the same time monitoring how different foods made me feel, mainly how long I could go without feeling hungry. It quickly became apparent…

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