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Jytdog (talk) 01:05, 16 February 2017 (UTC)

Warning 1 - sourcing
Please do not add or change content, as you did at The Cambridge Diet, without citing a reliable source using an inline citation that clearly supports the material. The burden is on the person wishing to keep in the material to meet these requirements, as a necessary (but not always sufficient) condition. Please review the guidelines at Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. Jytdog (talk) 01:06, 16 February 2017 (UTC)

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 * You are clearly very out of date with your information and suggest you do some proper research before coming across all heavy handed. The Cambridge Diet is not even called that anymore! Neither is it 415 Calories a day Nigew (talk) 01:22, 16 February 2017 (UTC)
 * That may or may not be true, but you need to bring reliable sources for changes you make, and you cannot force policy-violating changes into WP.  If you want help, please ask for it. Jytdog (talk) 01:31, 16 February 2017 (UTC)s

Sources and updates
You have google done you? go google 'Cambridge Diet uk' and see where that takes you. Oh look its called Cambridge Weight Plan. Surprise! So how about updating that bit? Nigew (talk) 01:37, 16 February 2017 (UTC)

Perhaps while you are at it, you can update the information that Cambridge Products were used in the following trials: - Christensen P, Riecke BF, Bliddal H, Leeds AR, Astrup A, Winther K, Christensen. Improved nutritional status after a weight loss formula diet: A cohort study exploring safety in a randomised controlled trial. Obesity Reviews 2010; 11 (suppl 1): 247 (T3:PO.81).

Christensen R, Leeds AR, Lohmander S, Christensen P, Riecke BF, Sørensen TJ, Gudbergsen H, Aaboe J, Henriksen M, Boesen M, Astrup A, Bliddal H. Efficancy of dieting or exercise vs control in obese osteoarthritis patients after a clinically significant weight loss: a pragmatic randomized controlled trial. Obesity Reviews 2010; 11 (suppl 1): 248 (T3:PO.83).

Riecke BF, Christensen R, Christensen P, Leeds AR, Boesen M, Lohmander LS, Astrup A, Bliddal H. Comparing two low-energy diets for the treatment of knee osteoarthritis symptoms in obese patients: a pragmatic randomized clinical trial. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage 2010; 10/1016/j.joca.

Philippou E, Neary NM, Chaudri O, Brynes AE, Dornhorst A, Leeds AR, Hickson M, Frost GS. The effect of dietary glycemic index on weight maintenance in overweight subjects: a pilot study. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2009 Feb;17(2):396-401. Epub 2008 Dec 4

Harman NL, Leeds AR, Griffin BA. Increased dietary cholesterol does not increase plasma low density lipoprotein when accompanied by an energy-restricted diet and weight loss. Eur J Nutr 2008 Se;47(6):287-93. Epub 2008 Aug 26.

Hajifaraji M, Leeds AR. The effect of high and low glycaemic index diets on urinary chromium in healthy individuals: a cross-over study. Arch Iran Med 2008 Jan; 11(1):57-64

Philippou E, McGowan BM, Brynes AE, Dornhorst A, Leeds AR, Frost GS. The effect of a 12-week low glycaemic index diet on heart disease risk factors and 24 h glycaemic response in healthy middle-aged volunteers at risk of heart disease: a pilot study. Eur J Clin Nutr. 2008 Jan; 62(1):145-9. Epub 2007 Feb 21.

Nigew (talk) 01:45, 16 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Those are published sources but they are not OK for Wikipedia. This is explained in the stuff I wrote above.   I get it that you are passionate about this diet, but if you want to work in Wikipedia you need to slow down and learn how this place works.  Again if you have any questions I would be happy to help.  Jytdog (talk) 02:17, 16 February 2017 (UTC)

Are you not even going to change the name to the correct name? Nigew (talk) 03:28, 16 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Oh that's interesting. There is an explicit commercial/branding thing going on here that the article doesn't get it to. Yes the article definitely needs to discuss  money making aspect of this. Will add that stuff. Thanks Jytdog (talk) 03:36, 16 February 2017 (UTC)

http://www.dsa.org.uk/dsa-events/stars-of-direct-selling-awards-ceremony/ Yes the Company (Cambridge Manufacturing) uses trainied 'consultants' who have to have succesfully used the diet before being allowed to train to help others. 'Help' is one-to-one unlike other companies that have large groups. Top earners are celebrated through internal and external businesses Nigew (talk) 04:02, 16 February 2017 (UTC)

This is an up to date review by a Dietitian "meal replacements can help people lose weight and keep it off but it’s important to remember that most study participants received additional dietary advice" http://www.weightlossresources.co.uk/diet/meal_replacement.htm Nigew (talk) 04:13, 16 February 2017 (UTC)

The importance of one-to-one counselling... "Most nutrition experts recognise that if meal replacement products are to be effective at keeping the weight off in the long term, it’s essential to provide education and support on healthy eating when meal replacement products are no longer used" "significant weight loss, reduction in blood glucose profile and improvement in cardiovascular risk profile, high tolerability and good safety outcomes"

-- Nigew (talk) 04:40, 16 February 2017 (UTC)

You will like this one... lol Exercise is not good for weight maintenance. "Anti-obesity drugs, meal replacements, and high-protein diets were associated with improved weight-loss maintenance after a VLCD/LCD period, whereas no significant improvements were seen for dietary supplements and exercise"

-- Nigew (talk) 04:49, 16 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your notes. I am looking for independent, reliable, secondary sources that discuss the business aspect. There is some stuff here from the UK grouo and other stuff here from a US group (which I got to from here which led me here, but the company websites are poor (not independent)  What would be ideal would be newspaper articles that just report on what has happened with the businesses.  Am still looking.  Are you aware of any?  Jytdog (talk) 15:24, 16 February 2017 (UTC)

I am not aware of anything online as the company predates that. There were two main books that told the history from different angles. One aimed at health professionals and the other to the general public. On opening, or soon after being released to the public, the USA was deemed too large a market to be managed by a start up. The USA diet license was sold to entities in the USA with strict bindings to only sell within that country. The UK retains the rest of the world license and is sold through country distributors who emulate the UK mode of distribution. Because of the license differences and each country's government requires its own nutritional standard There is a huge difference in what makes up the diet. This is stark between the UK and EU markets. The US still has the lower 415 Calorie products. The EU has a completely different formula with differences in every aspect of the formula's constituent parts. In recent times the UK business undertook a management buyout which has now turned into an employee owned business. The delivery of the programmes has remained the same in the UK. But is in stark contrast to the US market.You may be able to find the books by Dr Alan Howard on Amazon or eBay. and here

-- — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nigew (talk • contribs) 17:50, 16 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the book refs but as I said we prefer independent sources. That is what I am looking for. Doesn't have to be online.  One can get newspapers articles from around the world at a library. Jytdog (talk) 17:59, 16 February 2017 (UTC)

You are seriously wanting to create an unbiased online definitive resource into one of the most respected diet companies around based on Newspaper clips!?! You are seriously barking mad. I have checked other diets similar to Cambridge in Wikipedia; (exante, slimfast etc) and it is blatantly obvious that your editing is extremely biased against Cambridge. It is plain that you do not know what unbiased is Nigew (talk) 21:19, 16 February 2017 (UTC) Where is the Wiki on Lighterlife?Nigew (talk) 21:20, 16 February 2017 (UTC)
 * For everything in WIkipedia, we want independent, reliable sources. For content about health (describing the diet and if it is safe and effective), "reliable sources" are defined in WP:MEDRS.  For non-health matters, like the business matters, "reliable sources" are defined in WP:RS.  In both cases, independent.  And sure newspapers are fine sources about business matters.  But I am done trying to teach you.  Good luck. Jytdog (talk) 22:22, 16 February 2017 (UTC)