The Caroline Walker Trust held its 25th Anniversary Lecture last week and it was a really positive meeting. We had 3 amazing speakers talking about various aspects of improving the nutritional status of older people. Professor Janice Thompson asked as to consider what constitutes healthy ageing. She prompted us to consider how we engage with…
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Horizon Sugar Vs Fat
A brilliant programme that really tackled this fat sugar debate http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b03t8r4h/Horizon_20132014_Sugar_v_Fat It was very interesting and important to show that sugar should not become the Demon. This programme confirmed my feeling that demonising one macronutrient completely is not the way to go. Dr Lustig is very convincing and his metabolic arguments are very good but…
Sugar – it’s big news.
I have just spent an hour and half watching this youtube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-oM It is all about how sugar and fructose has a lot to answer for in metabolic syndrome (high blood pressure, obesity and type II diabetes) and obesity in general. It was a very interesting watch – a real revision of biochemistry. I…
21st November 2012: Caroline Walker Trust Annual Lecture
If you are free and you can spare £20 for a ticket, come along to the Caroline Walker Trust Annual Lecture and Awards evening. The evening begins with a drinks reception at 6.30 with the lecture beginning at 7.30. Kath Dalmeny from Sustain is giving the lecture and she is, by all accounts, a very…
Lynn Burns RNutr 