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RT @EricTopol: A randomized trial of ultraprocessed food (UPF) vs unprocessed food: UPF, independent of caloric load, led to impaired carโ€ฆ.
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RT @EricTopol: After an ablation for atrial fibrillation without recurrence, a randomized trial questions the need for blood thinners #ESC2โ€ฆ.
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RT @DKThomp: The American protein craze seems to hinge on a biological misunderstanding. Yes, muscles are "made of protein." But it doesnโ€ฆ.
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RT @EricTopol: Is there a basis for very high protein intake, like 1 g per pound per day?
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RT @bmj_latest: "Lifestyle medicine" shouldnโ€™t be considered a separate branch of medicine. If itโ€™s kept inside the parameters of normal mโ€ฆ.
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What is lifestyle medicine? Itโ€™s a massive hit on social media, where it seems to have captured the zeitgeist of a generation of doctors who are noticing, rightly, that many chronic health conditions...
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RT @uclh: Did you miss our #AskAnExpertUCLH travel health live Q&A? . Our recording with leading experts, Dr Chris van Tulleken and Dr Nickโ€ฆ.
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Live Q&A with me and Dr Nicky Longley - ask us anything about travelling with a complex medical condition or travel health in general - 2pm tomorrow.
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Thinking of booking a holiday, gap year, or business trip? Join our free live Q&A on #TravelHealth with Dr Nicky Longley and @DoctorChrisVT next week Wednesday at 2pm. Read more: . #AskAnExpert
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RT @meganamram: I'm an anti vaxxer which is why I think we should just all get herd immunity by exposing ourselves to the virus to get antiโ€ฆ.
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Honoured to be a guest on the fantastic Real Zero podcast with Prof Hugh Montgomery dicussing how the Ultra Processed Food system is a driver of climate change. Do subscribe and go check out their climate advocacy here and here
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Join me and Nicky for a live Q&A next Wednesday at 2pm - for all your travel health and medicine queries. If you want to explore the Amazon or climb in the Himalayas we've got you covered. #travelhealth.
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Thinking of booking a holiday, gap year, or business trip? Join our free live Q&A on #TravelHealth with Dr Nicky Longley and @DoctorChrisVT next week Wednesday at 2pm. Read more: . #AskAnExpert
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I'm doing an Online 'ask me anything' with esteemed friend and colleague Dr Nicky Longley about travel health on Wed 27th August 2pm.We run a service at @UCLH for travellers with complex medical problems so if you want or need to travel but you're worried your health, or you just.
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We are hosting our public live Q&A on MS Teams to answer your #TravelHealth questions! Join Dr Nicky Longley and @DoctorChrisVT at our #AskAnExpertUCLH at 2pm on Wednesday 27 August 2025. Read more: . @HTropDis
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I'll be on Instagram LIVE with Sam to discuss our paper on UPF vs MPF diets at *5pm TODAY*. Follow @doctorchrisvt or @samdicken on INSTA and do send any questions in advance.
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๐Ÿšจโ— Results of the FIRST EVER trial comparing ultra-processed food (UPF) and minimally-processed food (MPF) diets following healthy dietary guidelines on health (and the longest trial of UPF to date) published today in Nature Medicine. What did we find?. A Threadโ€ฆ ๐Ÿงต.1/.
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RT @sguyenet: 8-week diet RCT: a minimally processed diet causes more weight/fat loss and better health biomarkers than an ultra-processedโ€ฆ.
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RT @Nature: Eating ultra-processed foods might hinder attempts to lose weight even when the diet accords with national healthy-eating recomโ€ฆ.
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Nature - Trial compared effects of diets with differing levels of food processing.
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RT @SamuelDickenUK: ๐Ÿšจโ— Results of the FIRST EVER trial comparing ultra-processed food (UPF) and minimally-processed food (MPF) diets followโ€ฆ.
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RT @bmj_latest: "Imposter syndrome thrives in silence, so I started talking about it.". Doctors at all career stages struggle with imposterโ€ฆ.
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Doctors at all career stages struggle with imposter syndrome. Elisabeth Mahase hears how they tackle it Precious Oluwaniyi, 4th year medical student, says, โ€œUnfortunately, imposter syndrome is...
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RT @ADPHUK: Today marks a major milestone in the work to prevent infections, reduce health inequalities & reverse the increasing numbers ofโ€ฆ.
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RT @KevinH_PhD: Congratulations @SamuelDickenUK and team! Iโ€™m happy to have played a small role in the design and interpretation of this neโ€ฆ.
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RT @SamuelDickenUK: Great to see our trial at the top of the front page of @Nature !.
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RT @Rob_Percival_: Important point: it may be possible to design a healthy ultra-processed diet for a clinical trial, but creating a consisโ€ฆ.
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