Saturated fat not exonerated in 2015 US dietary guidelines

Contrary to the wisdom of Tim Noakes’ Twitter filter bubble, saturated fat has not been exonerated in the 2015 DGAC Dietary Guidelines for Americans.

Roundup – 2015 LCHF Summit #OMHealth #LCHF2015

A roundup of impressions from the 4-day low carb high fat conference, held in Cape Town in February 2015, and featuring most of the big names in LCHF research.

Standards in science journalism – #LCHF, #Banting and @BiznewsCOM

Marika Sboros presents herself as a health journalist, but you’d be making a mistake to get your health reporting from her. Biznews.com is a haven for pseudoscience and sloppy thinking.

Does #Banting compromise humour and understanding of metaphor?

Magnus Heystek’s recent piece on whether Noakes was running a Ponzi scheme has got the Banters going batty, and meanwhile, the Sunday Times continues to be a great example of poor journalism.

Big Food, Big Babies: moral panics and the business of eating

The text of a presentation I gave to the 25th Congress of the Nutrition Society of South Africa, on the topic of hyperbole and sloppy thinking in science communication.

Religion in schools, religion on your plate

More hyperbole on diet from Noakes et. al., and a lawsuit involving religion in South African schools.

Day 1 at #TAM2014

Notes from The AmazIng Meeting, Day 1

Pseudoscience Friday – Sweden abandons “diet dogma” (not), and sugar addiction

It’s not true that Sweden has become the first nation to reject the low fat “dogma” in favour of a high fat diet. And sugar might not be “addictive”, either.

Faith healers and medical deceivers

Tim Noakes and faith-healers have something in common – and it’s not that they are charlatans, but rather that they can harm even as they try to help.

Problems with evidence-based medicine aren’t a license to make stuff up

Evidence-based medicine might have it’s flaws, but it’s nevertheless better than making stuff up as you go along.