DUK Twit of the day

A sensible nurse not approved of by DUK

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day.

Teach him to fish and you feed him for life.

Give him access to Twitter and he won't bother you for weeks.

I've been digging around among a bunch of very sensible accounts where people regularly discuss science. Then there are the dieticians who mostly sneer and attack. They do NOT inspire confidence in their abilities.

I've also noticed a lot of anti-science pro-dogma articles in the papers since the end of last year, dissing all diets except low fat and possibly "Mediterranean". They are surely having a fightback.

chris c wrote:I've also noticed a lot of anti-science pro-dogma articles in the papers since the end of last year, dissing all diets except low fat and possibly "Mediterranean". They are surely having a fightback.

When they cite the Mediterranean diet it's based on their cherry picked adapted version which is far removed from reality with added ground unicorn horn and a sprinkling of fairy dust

That would be Organic unicorn horn of course.

chris c wrote:That would be Organic unicorn horn of course.

I doubt it dietitians don't do organic they prefer Nestle cereals, belvita breakfast biscuits and flora spreads 

Oh yes silly me, organic would be clean eating and hence highly dangerous.

chris c wrote:Oh yes silly me, organic would be clean eating and hence highly dangerous.

Yes they much prefer foods with added crap that's why they don't like super foods or real foods 

Ker-ching!

Well if he's a veggie, he's in trouble. Most vegetarian stuff these days is processed, but they don't seem to realise it! Numbskulls...

Wobblycogs wrote:Well if he's a veggie, he's in trouble. Most vegetarian stuff these days is processed, but they don't seem to realise it! Numbskulls...

No they are not veggies but their association the BDA fully supports Vegan diets, LowCarb on the other hand is dismissed as a fad and unsafe because we supposedly remove a whole food group "carbs" which makes a mockery of giving their blessing to a diet that removes all sources of meat and dairy 

Just wait until meat is taxed. I expect it will be banned completely but hopefully after I am dead.

The results on health and the environment will not be what the Guardian claims, that's for sure.

Meanwhile they are trying to produce "vegan meat". Hey, no-one said plant-based diets excluded industrial plants.

Latest Diabetes UK Position Statements same old dogma("eat more wholegrains, fruit and vegetables, fish, nuts and legumes")
they still don't get the relationship between wholegrains  and blood sugar levels

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/dme.13603/epdf

I was going to post that. Thanks for saving me the bother. (goes and washes hands)

Meanwhile the same old same old from Alison Tedstone on TV

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-43112790

I have absolutely no idea how many calories I eat, certainly nowhere near that many for breakfast and I don't usually have lunch, just one or sometimes two evening meals. Oh dear, I must have an eating disorder. Lock me up and throw away the key.

This is surprising

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-39254804

seeing as how everyone from Walt Wallet (as someone called him) down to your local BDA dietician thinks "vegetable" oils are as holy as grains. Not coconut oil obviously.