Tim Spector
Person on 3 sites
Professor of genetic epidemiology at King's College London, co-founder of the nutrition company ZOE, and author of The Diet Myth and Spoon-Fed.
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2 channels on ppll (opens ppll.app)
Where public figures publish, and what they are on record saying.
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10 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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There is no good evidence that fermentation itself causes stomach cancer. (opens korrents.com)
“The viral claim is a red herring. There’s no good evidence that fermentation itself causes cancer.”
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The stomach-cancer risk linked to East Asian pickled and fermented foods comes from salt, not fermentation. (opens korrents.com)
“What these foods have in common isn’t fermentation – it’s salt.”
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Stomach cancer fell because of less salt-preserved food and fewer H. pylori infections, not because people gave up fermented foods. (opens korrents.com)
“In other words, what really moved the needle was less salt-preserved food and fewer H. pylori infections – not giving up fermented foods.”
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There is no good evidence that fermentation itself causes stomach cancer. (opens korrents.com)
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5 recommendations on rcmnd (opens rcmnd.app)
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Letter on Corpulence, Addressed to the Public (opens rcmnd.app)
“I like the idea, and also just the fact that over 110 years before the Atkins diet it had all already been done. There are also some great quotes in there, and plenty of social history. Because in his day, seeing…”
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Pure, White, and Deadly: How Sugar Is Killing Us and What We Can Do to Stop It (opens rcmnd.app)
“Yudkin makes a pretty good case for cutting back on sugar, if you read the book, but no one really heard him because he lost the battle with a guy called Ancel Keys”
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The F-Plan Diet: Lose Weight Fast and Live Longer (opens rcmnd.app)
“Reading the book now, it is dated, and some of the recipes are dreadful, most of them involving All-Bran breakfast cereal or baked beans. They're also still very low in fat, using skimmed milk.”
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Letter on Corpulence, Addressed to the Public (opens rcmnd.app)