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One size doesn’t fit all: Eating breakfast may not matter for weight loss, study finds

'Eat breakfast like a king' is flawed advice, new study finds.

Tim Spector, The Conversation
&
Jeff Leach, The Conversation
· Feb 07, 2019 · 11:30 pm
The hype over vitamin D deficiency is causing toxic overdoses in people taking it as supplement

While vitamin D treatment still has a rare medical role in severe deficiency or those bed bound, the rest of us should avoid being ‘treated’ with this steroid.

Tim Spector, The Conversation
· Sep 09, 2018 · 03:45 pm
I spent three days as a hunter-gatherer to see if it would improve my gut health

Here's what happened to a professor of genetic epidemiology's 'microbiome' when he lived with the Hadza.

Tim Spector, The Conversation
&
Jeff Leach, The Conversation
· Jul 05, 2017 · 08:30 pm

Science and Stalin’s crap grab: Can excrement reveal the secrets of our personalities?

Poo-analysis tests conducted by the Soviet leader may not have been as crazy as they sound.

Tim Spector, The Conversation
· Feb 08, 2016 · 03:30 pm
The sun goes down on Vitamin D: why I changed my mind about this celebrated supplement

Vitamin D is often seen as a harmless supplement to take – the more the better. But the evidence suggests a different picture.

Tim Spector, The Conversation
· Jan 09, 2016 · 06:30 am
Why poo transplants are nothing to be sniffed at

Would you freeze your poo for a rainy day of ill health?

Tim Spector, The Conversation
· Oct 25, 2015 · 06:30 am

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Drink a glass of olive oil every day – the Mediterranean way to a long life

Drinking olive oil might not sound appetising, but there is strong evidence it has greater health benefits than low-fat diets.

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· Oct 13, 2015 · 09:30 pm
Do our genes tell us how to vote? A study of twins says they might

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· Apr 15, 2015 · 09:30 pm

Tim Spector, The Conversation

One size doesn’t fit all: Eating breakfast may not matter for weight loss, study finds

'Eat breakfast like a king' is flawed advice, new study finds.

Tim Spector, The Conversation & Jeff Leach, The Conversation · Feb 07, 2019 · 11:30 pm

The hype over vitamin D deficiency is causing toxic overdoses in people taking it as supplement

While vitamin D treatment still has a rare medical role in severe deficiency or those bed bound, the rest of us should avoid being ‘treated’ with this steroid.

Tim Spector, The Conversation · Sep 09, 2018 · 03:45 pm

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Tim Spector, The Conversation & Jeff Leach, The Conversation · Jul 05, 2017 · 08:30 pm

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Drink a glass of olive oil every day – the Mediterranean way to a long life

Drinking olive oil might not sound appetising, but there is strong evidence it has greater health benefits than low-fat diets.

Tim Spector, The Conversation · Oct 13, 2015 · 09:30 pm

Do our genes tell us how to vote? A study of twins says they might

Study finds identical twins more likely to vote the same way ‒ unless they back the Lib Dems.

Tim Spector, The Conversation · Apr 15, 2015 · 09:30 pm

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Tim Spector, The Conversation
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Jeff Leach, The Conversation
· Feb 07, 2019 · 11:30 pm

Tim Spector, The Conversation
· Sep 09, 2018 · 03:45 pm

Tim Spector, The Conversation
&
Jeff Leach, The Conversation
· Jul 05, 2017 · 08:30 pm

Tim Spector, The Conversation
· Feb 08, 2016 · 03:30 pm

Tim Spector, The Conversation
· Jan 09, 2016 · 06:30 am

Tim Spector, The Conversation
· Oct 25, 2015 · 06:30 am

Tim Spector, The Conversation
· Oct 13, 2015 · 09:30 pm

Tim Spector, The Conversation
· Apr 15, 2015 · 09:30 pm