Over 300 interested people came along last night to the Tailrace Centre to hear the ‘Fructose and Fat – Fact or Fashion’ talk.
That is a huge response in our local Tasmanian community and shows that there is a growing interest in this topic.
I heard some great moving stories in the Q & A session and if anyone wonders why I continue on this pathway, then it is those stories that continue to propel me. Continue reading
A school of Sardines can reach enormous sizes as big as a Blue Whale, the largest mammal on earth. That school of fish can change direction in a ‘blink of an eyelid’ whereas a Blue Whale can take up to 3 minutes to turn 180 degrees.
Have you considered how a school of fish can do that?
At any point of time in that mass of fish there will be fish swimming in the opposite direction. If enough fish START A CHANGE then there will be a tipping point and the entire school will change immediately. That percentage is often only a small number. Continue reading
Great to catch up with the Melbourne community and speak at the same forum as Grant Schofield, David Gillespie, Peter Brukner, Troy Stapleton, Zee Arain, Christine Cronau and Damon Gameau.
I am not alone. 🙂
Take the link to Professor Grant Schofield’s summary of last weekends talks in Melbourne as well as the first video from that Low Carb Down Under meeting.
He described my talk as:
“The Flawed Science of Nutrition—Convenience, Politics and Dollars” – Dr Gary Fettke. Gary is a Launceston Orthopaedic Surgeon (nofructose.com). He is the medical expert for Sarah Wilson’s ‘I Quit Sugar’ program. This guy is really cool and a very articulate presenter. He just spun a nice story about his life and times, and the life and times of the refined dietary carbohydrate. Take home message – if you eat crappy carbs then all bets are off for good health outcomes. Get rid of them!
http://profgrant.com/2013/12/05/low-carb-downunder-melbourne/
Blatant ‘Fructose Free’ mislabelling from a company that labels their food as ‘Honest’. This is straight out deception trying to market a product.
‘Fructose Free’ and ‘No Fructose Detected’ yet the muesli bar has Sucrose in it which is 50% Fructose.
It gets worse. It states on the label:
‘Peanuts Not Detected, Hazelnuts Not Detected and Almonds Not Detected’
I would expect that as they are not in the ingredients. It’s a bit like advertising there is no alcohol in a glass of milk. Why put it on the label unless you are trying to market something. Continue reading
Fascinating when you think you might be doing the right thing and the added sugar is just hidden in the labels. Click on the sugar spoon image and check out the video.
Have a look at reading food labels.
This Irish hospital CEO gets his salary bonuses from ‘Mars Bars’ sales. Profits from the sale of junk food in the kiosks are the apparent funding model for this hospitals senior management.
The Launceston General Hospital unfortunately ‘Dines with the Devil’ as well. The CEO, John Kirwan has told me that the funds from the sale of Junk Food via the hospital auxiliary buys much needed equipment for the hospital.
In particular the funds often go to bed purchases and the latest ‘big’ expense is now the purchase of ‘Bariatric’ beds. These are for those super obese patients. Continue reading
Heart Foundation Tick foods may not be suitable for people with a heart condition!!!!!!!
This is from the Tick Criteria page. “The values selected for the various criteria for approval of foods into the Heart Foundation Tick program are not necessarily appropriate for people with heart disease or any other disease.”
Where will the HF embarrassment end? Would someone please help them. They are not helping themselves.
Get on and sign the petition for the Heart Foundations sake.
Many of you will have signed the online petition calling for the Heart Foundation to stop giving out of date advice regarding diet in the management of cardiovascular health. Nearly 20000 signatories now on board.
Jessie Reimers from Brisbane has put her efforts behind this and the cause was put up on A Current Affair last week.
The Heart Foundation (HF) responded that very evening and once again tried to dismiss it as sensationalist and misinformed. They have described Jessie as ‘the petition author is not qualified to give health or dietary advice and we would encourage people to seek such advice from qualified professionals.’
By definition that makes me as unqualified as much as the next person. All that I have done is look at the information that is now so readily available and come to my own conclusions. I then have put ‘on the line’ my own qualifications and am very happy to take this stand and go against the Heart Foundation. Continue reading
Just out today from the New England Journal of Medicine.
The regular consumption of nuts most days over 30 years is associated with a lower death rate, lower heart attack and respiratory disease rate as well as a lower cancer rate. Continue reading
