Diet & Nutrition
Ornish Diet: A Review
A clinically developed, very low-fat plant-based diet with strong evidence for reversing heart disease.
Dr. Robert Davies
Dr. Davies, PhD, MRes, BSc, CPT, FHEA is a physiologist specialising in human health, performance, and nutrition. He has worked in academia and industry as a lecturer and researcher, running clinical trials and authoring journal articles.
Diet & Nutrition
Raw Food Diet: A Review
A whole-food dietary pattern based on uncooked, unprocessed foods with genuine benefits and real limitations.
Diet & Nutrition
South Beach Diet: A Review
A phased low-carbohydrate diet focused on "good carbs" and "good fats" for weight and heart health.
Diet & Nutrition
Fasting Mimicking Diet: A Review
A structured, periodic low-calorie protocol designed to trigger the benefits of fasting without full abstinence.
Diet & Nutrition
Gluten-Free Diet: A Review
Medically essential for coeliac disease, but widely adopted beyond its evidence base by the general population.
Health & Wellbeing
Intermittent Fasting for High Blood Pressure and Cholesterol
Intermittent fasting produces real, measurable improvements in blood pressure and cholesterol.
Diet & Nutrition
Yo-yo Diets: A Review
Not a diet to follow, but a pattern millions fall into, with well-documented health consequences.
Health & Wellbeing
How Fasting Affects Your Brain, Cognition and Mental Health
Fasting has real, biologically plausible effects on the brain. Still, the human evidence is more nuanced.
Health & Wellbeing
How Intermittent Fasting Affects Diabetes & Blood Sugar
Intermittent fasting consistently improves blood sugar and insulin sensitivity, especially in people with type 2 diabetes.
Diet & Nutrition
Does Intermittent Fasting Work for Weight Loss & Fat Loss?
Intermittent fasting can support fat and weight loss. But probably not for the reasons most people think.
Health & Wellbeing
Fasting and Autophagy: What the Evidence Actually Shows
Autophagy is one of biology's most compelling cellular processes. But the gap between the science and the social media needs closing.
Diet & Nutrition
Okinawa Diet: A Review
The traditional eating pattern of one of the world's longest-lived populations is low-calorie, mostly plant-based.