* I analysed the nutrition content of the diet. Even using the maximum intake of animal foods allowed, the diet was severely ...

The corker of a chat was with Dr Ken Berry. The disappointment was that the podcast platform we use, Riverside, had an outage on Tuesday 26th August 2025, when we recorded this. We realised something ...

* Last week we looked at the origins of beliefs about cholesterol and heart disease. This week we look at the origins of beliefs about dietary fat and heart disease. * American soldiers were the ...

* This note examines two research questions with original references of the time: i) How was any connection between cholesterol and heart disease first made? ii) Does eating cholesterol raise blood ...

* Loma Linda University has studied Seventh Day Adventists (SDAs) over many decades. * A recent paper using data from the Adventists Health Study 2 (AHS-2) examined associations between vegetarian vs ...

* For decades, academic papers, popular articles and TV documentaries have condemned fat when they haven’t studied fat. * The Seven Countries Study (1956-1970) deemed cake and ice cream “sources of ...

* Lean Mass Hyper Responder (LMHR) was the term developed by Dave Feldman to describe lean, fit, metabolically healthy people, who exhibit striking increases in cholesterol when adopting a ketogenic ...

* Last week's note reviewed a Korean population study, which led to headlines such as "Taking statins could slash dementia risk." The claims were not robust. * This week's note reports findings from a ...

* On March 5th, 2025, headlines in the mainstream media reported “NHS ‘should give all over-50s statins’” and “NHS should offer ‘polypill’ to cut heart disease, experts urge.” * The headlines came ...

* This is the second of a two part note looking at metabolism. * Benedict is credited as the first person to study the impact of a calorie deficit in human beings (1917). * Benedict’s research took ...

This is the 700th Monday note. In this landmark post, I share the key things that I have learned over the past 14 years: ...