April 11, 2024 Depression Weak evidence (on the basis of one small study) to suggest that a supplement can mitigate postpartum blues. Also wary when the article advertises the product in question and quotes the senior author and patent holder of its virtues.
April 4, 2024 Bipolar Disorder Small pilot study shows ketogenic diet reduces medication-related metabolic syndrome changes for people being treated for Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder
April 1, 2024 Food ‘Oatzempic’: TikTok Users Claim New Drink Helps With Weight Loss—Here’s What You Need to Know. This should have been an April Fools’ joke.
March 9, 2024 Cardiology Diet drinks may boost risk of dangerous heart condition by 20%, study says. Can we please stop the reporting of food-questionnaire-extrapolate-the-data-towards-meaningless-non-causal-relationships stories that have zero impact on clinical practice?
February 28, 2024 Nutrition Science Eating a healthy plant-based diet may make sleep apnea less likely? Nothing inherent in plants that reduces the risk, rather adopting healthy eating reduces risk of weight gain; one of the risk factors for developing sleep apnea.
February 21, 2024 Food The hype surrounding Magnesium (Mg). People who require a supplement usually have a contributing medical issue. For the majority of healthy people, Mg supplements are not needed. Plenty in the food you eat.
February 2, 2024 Bariatric Medicine A new study, published in the journal Qualitative Health Research, found that yo-yo dieting or weight cycling can have long-lasting negative effects on dieters. No new ground here. Well known physiologic and mental health effects.
January 29, 2024 Food Science Add a grain of salt to an article about a study that claims “Eating Vegan Diet In Pregnancy Linked to Preeclampsia and Lower Birthweight”
December 19, 2023 Cancer/Oncology Flaxseeds’ effect on the gut microbiome may help lower breast cancer risk… in mice.