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New CRISPR method: edited crops but not GMOs
June 9, 2020
Researchers at North Carolina State University have created a new version of CRISPR that lets [...]
Leading scientists agree: current limits on saturated fats no longer justified
March 4, 2020
A group of leading nutrition scientists, mainly from the US, has agreed that the most rigorous and [...]
Back from the brink: how I reversed my T2 diabetes
August 26, 2019
Being diagnosed with out-of-control type 2 diabetes was a shock for Stuff science writer, John [...]
Is high-fructose corn syrup worse than regular sugar?
May 28, 2019
High-fructose corn syrup has been a scapegoat for American obesity for the past decade and a half, [...]
Sugar tax: what, how, why?
April 17, 2019
Governments across the globe are pushing ahead with sugar taxes. In this video, New Nutrition [...]
Disease-resistant pigs are here. When might we eat them?
March 26, 2019
The US FDA recently cleared the last hurdle for the first genetically engineered fish. Industry [...]
US authorities lift import ban on genetically engineered salmon
March 22, 2019
The US FDA has lifted an import alert on genetically engineered (GE) salmon, following an appeal by [...]
Sugar: the global state of play
February 26, 2019
Sugar is again in the headlines, with SA upping its sugar tax on sweetened beverages, and the sugar [...]
Sugar’s sick secrets: how industry forces have manipulated science to downplay the harm
January 13, 2019
Walk into any grocery store, grab a few packaged products, and flip to the ingredients. You’ll [...]
The case against carbohydrates gets stronger
November 19, 2018
Not all calories are alike. Here’s the first big study – out of Harvard – with [...]
Opinion: Don’t manage diabetes, reverse it
June 8, 2018
Diabetes is reversible. That’s the exciting conclusion of a study concluded at Indiana [...]
Tim oakes: Medical, scientific world watches as HPCSA decides his fate
February 26, 2018
South African scientist, Prof Tim Noakes, will know within 30 days if his regulatory body will fail [...]
Sugar is the ‘alcohol of the child’, yet we let it dominate the breakfast table
February 13, 2018
With kids consuming half their sugar quota first thing, it’s no wonder they’re getting diabetes and [...]
Could sugar be responsible for the obesity and diabetes epidemics?
January 18, 2018
The idea that sugar could be a fundamental cause of the global obesity and diabetes epidemics, with [...]
Food Evolution movie is scientifically accurate, but will it convince anyone?
September 28, 2017
At the recent SAAFoST Congress 2017, a few hundred delegates gathered to watch the first African [...]
World-eminent cardiologist debunks current dietary guidelines
February 21, 2017
One of the world's most regarded heart disease experts, cardiologist Dr Salim Yusuf, President of the World Heart Federation, recently delivered a talk at a Zurich cardiology conference outlining how his research finds fat is not harmful, even beneficial, while the high carb diet recommended worldwide is the 'worst thing' for CVD.
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Reviewing Gary Taubes’ new book: ‘The Case Against Sugar’
January 10, 2017
For the last 15 years, US journalist Gary Taubes has been the self-nominated public enemy No 1 of the global “healthy eating” establishment. His heresy has been to argue powerfully and publicly that the official diet advice we have been encouraged to follow since the 1970s is fundamentally wrong. It is refined carbohydrates and sugars that we should be avoiding, he says, not fat.
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Yet another study suggests saturated fat could be good for you
December 8, 2016
A new Norwegian diet intervention study (FATFUNC), performed by researchers at the KG Jebsen center for diabetes research at the University of Bergen, raises questions regarding the validity of a diet hypothesis that has dominated for more than half a century: that dietary fat and particularly saturated fat is unhealthy for most people.
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