Category Archives: blood sugar
Resistant Starch: Misunderstood and Mis-promoted
Men’s Health advises its readers to eat vegetables with resistant starch because it is a good dieting aid. Unfortunately, the recipe that they give neglects to mention the important fact that, for potatoes, it is essential that the vegetable should be cooled in order for the resistant starch to form as heating destroys the crystals. Simple dietary messages are easily garbled in the media but journalists and readers blame scientists for any resulting confusion. Continue reading
Filed under blood sugar, GL diet, glycaemic load, glycemic load, Low GL Diet
Patrick Holford: “conventional medicine, doesn’t have a very good track record”
Former Visiting Professor Patrick Holford announces that “conventional medicine, doesn’t have a very good track record”. You might think that you need some strong evidence to match the strength of that claim but it doesn’t seem as if Holford thinks so. Oddly enough, he uses these claims to justify his recommendation that you should purchase his services, services that don’t seem to represent value for money, judging by the inaccuracies contained in his writings. Continue reading
Filed under Ben Goldacre, blood sugar, patrick holford, yorktest
Patrick Holford and the Bikini Diet
Precious Ramotswe has written to HolfordWatch to ask for our advice about the latest Bikini Diet that has been recommended to her by Patrick Holford. It is a low GL diet with some suggested supplements. Holford Watch presents a summary of the evidence so that Mma Ramotswe may make up her own mind. However, HolfordWatch does not think that there is sufficient evidence to support most of Holford’s recommendations. Continue reading
Filed under 5-HTP, blood sugar, chromium, garcinia cambogia, GL diet, glycaemic load, glycemic load, HCA, Holford, patrick holford, supplements, weight loss
Patrick Holford and Cinnachrome for Natural Blood Sugar Balance
Patrick Holford is promoting a new supplement, Cinnachrome, to support his GL Diet. He claims that it is “specifically designed to support natural blood sugar balance”. Cinnachrome sounds delightful, like something that could be used to spice an apple pie … Continue reading
