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Dr. John B.

Specialty: Internal Medicine

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London, California

Blog: http://www.drbriffa.com/blog/

Dr John Briffa qualified as a doctor from University College London Medical School in 1990. A prize-winning medical student, he also completed an intercalated BSc degree in Biomedical Sciences during his medical studies. Since graduating, Dr Briffa has developed a special interest in nutritional... Full Bio

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Cholesterol-lowering foods even more cholesterol-lowering than first thought, but so what?

Last year, I wrote a blog post about an advertorial which appeared in the Telegraph newspaper which featured the apparent effects Flora...

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Note to medical journalists: correlation does not prove causation

Some nice person sent me a link to this article earlier this week which appears in the UK’s broadsheet newspaper The Telegraph. I mention the...

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Diabetics appear to be very interested in low-carb eating

Back in March I was invited as a guest on the BBC Radio 4 consumer affairs programme You and Yours to discuss diabetes. Up against me was a...

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Statins for healthy people? Hang on a minute…

I’ve had a few emails today alerting me to reports of a study concerning the use of statins in healthy individuals. The study in question is a...

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Wheat: opiate of the masses?

Last week I was aboard a cruise liner in the Caribbean. I had a lot of fun but was primarily there to participate in a kinda conference...

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agb777 wrote on Dr. John B.'s Whiteboard. Jul 16 2011

Dr. John B. posted Study shows being more conscious about eating speed and feelings of satisfaction help individuals eat less Jan 06 2010

Dr. John B. posted More evidence links pedometer use with increased activity and potential benefits for health Jan 04 2010

Dr. John B. posted Early to bed… Jan 03 2010

Dr. John B. posted Editorial reminds us of the importance of looking to our nutritional past to improve our future health Jan 01 2010

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Jul 16 2011 by agb777

"Too much fructose"

How much is too much fructose? My child who is on a low carb diet for the treatement of seizures, has very loose watery stools and stomach pain with only small amounts of fructose ... such as a 1/3 or so of an apple ... or a small plum.

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Sep 15 2009 by georgesz

blod test prostat is ok problem is slow urination no pain other than it is slow

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