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The status that Jen has gained in the public eye makes her expressing a view a powerful thing:

It's just that if someone is going to have to tweet, 'X said that Y said that...' then...

I hope I don't seem to be implying that @JohnTheJack is unreliable - it's simply that in order to make a strong claim (and calling anyone, let alone a public figure, is a strong claim), it's important that sources are primary ones. So whether John confirms what he was told or not, it's Gill...

Thanks for understanding, Ezzie! We've still got Gill's views being reported by a third party and I think it really is important to get these things first-hand.

It would be good if this Gill would make a public statement.

Interesting that the bamboo duvet has weights: "The 2.5 Tog weight is a super light 180grm2, with the 9 tog weighing 430grm2." That's grams per metre squared, presumably, so a double duvet (2m x 2m) would be 4 sq m and the 2.5 tog duvet would be 760g and the 9 tog would be 1720g, for a total of...

Thanks, Ezzie, but we still seem to be getting our info indirectly (from an Andy Hugh now). I don't mean to be picky but in the past I've seen BPS people misquoted and while I understand that they're not popular and have a lot to answer for, I think it's important that if we're going to call...

Thanks! I just went over there and asked for their advice. Unfortunately, their lightest microfibre duvet (to avoid allergies) is heavier than the one I already have (but at least they were able to find its weight for me!).

I'm confused. So she did receive a letter or email with that wording and the only issue is that it wasn't made up from cut-out letters?

Thanks, Cheshire. How do we know it's not true?

Can anyone bear to transcribe that bit? I'm hugely surprised that she would actually claim that Sunday Times mock-up for herself, if it wasn't addressed to her, and seems so clearly to have been addressed to a man. I'm wondering if she used ambiguous phrasing or something.

Interesting - do you live in the UK, @Jan, if you don't mind me asking? I'm wondering how you survive with such a low-tog duvet! I'm a huge fan of bamboo socks - can't go back to cotton now.

I just spoke to someone in John Lewis who wasn't able to provide weight info (i.e. kg weights) but recommended as probably their lightest synthetic the 'breathable microfibre' range. I see that people are raving about them in the reviews and saying they're very good for keeping you the right...

I've just been reading that a study is about to be published showing that people sleep better in wool bedding (wool duvets are now a thing). Only 8 participants and who knows, maybe funded by the Wool Marketing Board. I was intrigued, though, and then remembered that my home has carpet moths...

Several related threads have been merged. Link to the research protocol for the literature review here. Story in the Australian news: SAHMRI researchers in hunt to find cure for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome WORLD-first research in Adelaide that involves taking the blood samples of donors every...

The different fillings seem to have different weights - hollowfibre, microfibre, down, feather, etc. I think I'll phone John Lewis for advice! They might even know what their stuff weighs.

Thanks - really looking for numbers, though, so that I know what I'm buying.

Thanks, @Valentijn, but my question isn't how to find a 2-part duvet - there are millions of them, and I've already got one anyway - it's how to find one that's genuinely lightweight. I'm looking for how many kg or kg/m2, so I can compare. I wish there was a site that already did this.

I don't think it's necessarily circular, but it may be dynamic. It may converge on something. I'd be curious to know what Dr Segal thinks about this. I suspect it may be hard to determine computionally but the proof of the pudding (no pun intended) would be on the clinical response (in terms of...

One question I have is that your response to certain foods presumably depends on your current microbiome but if you alter your diet to the foods that spike your blood sugar less, then presumably your microbiome changes in response. Does the new microbiome cause different foods to spike your...