Replacing saturated with polyunsaturated fat
On 19th May 2017, another paper challenging current dietary fat guidelines was published. This one emanated from Deakin University, Australia, and was written by a researcher named Steven Hamley. The...
View ArticleThe PURE study
Did you ever think you’d wake up to the headline “Low-fat diets could increase the risk of an early death: Major study challenges decades of advice as it reveals fat has a PROTECTIVE effect”? That’s...
View ArticleSoybean heart healthy claim
Many thanks to Sally Fallon Morell for this week’s topic. Sally sent me notification of a recent FDA (U.S. Food & Drug Administration) approval of a “qualified health claim” for soybean oil and...
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Saturated fat
Here’s a slide that I present during some presentations e.g. here 10 mins in. It makes a few points: 1) All foods that contain fat contain all three fats – saturated, monounsaturated and...
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SACN report on saturated fat
Saturated fat is under the spotlight at the moment. Between February 28th and March 30th 2018, the US dietary guidelines committee invited input from the public about a number of nutrients, including...
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Saturated Fat Consultation (SACN) – My Response
At the recent Swiss Re/The BMJ Food for Thought conference, the closing speakers tried to find some agreement on dietary fat guidelines. You can listen to the exchange between Professor Dariush...
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Plant sterols lower cholesterol but increase risk of heart disease
In last week’s newsletter we noted that the original dietary fat trials did not support the introduction of the dietary fat guidelines. These dietary fat trials did report large reductions in...
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SACN (UK) final report on saturated fat
Executive summary * In June 2014, the UK Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN) was tasked with reviewing the role of fats in health in the general UK population. The final report has just...
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Dietary Fat & Mortality
Executive summary Please login to view this content Introduction We are getting back to home turf this week – diet and disease. More specifically dietary fat and dying. We need to remember that, while...
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The impact of a 10% limit on saturated fat
Executive summary This is a short note with a big finding. Introduction I know someone who was diagnosed with pre-diabetes and he avoided becoming a type 2 diabetic by adopting a very low carbohydrate...
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