Dr Gary Fettke is a retired Tasmanian Orthopaedic Surgeon and a vocal proponent of nutrition being a major component of prevention and management of modern disease.

* This week we look at the results from the KETO-CTA trial and five critiques that have been made in a rapid response pre-print paper. These five themes reflected much debate on social media. * The ...

Executive summary * Last week’s note reviewed a Korean population study, which led to headlines such as “Taking statins could ...

* 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 ...

* A population study involving over 100,000 people from south Korea has been published. It aimed to examine the association between LDL-Cholesterol (LDL-C) and the risk of dementia and to assess the ...

(Ali) Alison Morgan holds a degree in agriculture from the University of Reading and a postgraduate degree in global development. She has enjoyed 40 years working with arable and livestock farmers, in ...

Please find below a PDF of my slides from the presentation: “The HPCSA vs Prof. Tim Noakes – A bird’s eye view” from the Low Carb Breckenridge conference 24-26 February 2017.

Please note that the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) all-foods database is not precise and some numbers don’t add up exactly. It is a good guide rather than a precision tool.