Is Saturated Fat Really Bad?
Posted by Guy Edwards in Nutrition & Lifestyle on 23. Jan, 2010 | No Comments
A really important aspect of good Health & Fitness blogging, in my opinion is to right what I see as ‘nutritional wrongs’, and there are many of them out there! So, if there’s a common perception that artificial sweeteners are better than sugar for weight loss, but there’s really no evidence for that, then I’m [...]
Why Organ Meats Are Nutritionally Superior?
Posted by Guy Edwards in Nutrition & Lifestyle on 21. Jan, 2010 | No Comments
I get many questions on why Organ meats are nutritionally superior to muscle meats, so here is a simple explanation of why by Sally Fallon, an expert in the area.
Why Organ Meats?
Compared with muscle meats, organ meats are richer in just about every nutrient, [...]
Heart Healthy Marge – Who the Hell is she?
Posted by Guy Edwards in Nutrition & Lifestyle on 06. Nov, 2009 | 2 Comments
BBC Radio 4 recently had a brief item about margarine. The item focused on the fact that margarine manufacturers can trumpet the presence of ‘heart-healthy’ omega-3 fats on the label. Professor Jack Winkler, Professor of Nutrition Policy at London Metropolitan University made the claim that such labelling is misleading. It seems that margarine manufacturers are [...]
How safe are Statins?
Posted by Guy Edwards in Nutrition & Lifestyle on 01. Nov, 2009 | No Comments
If you have been told that you have high cholesterol levels, chances are your doctor has already talked to you about the cholesterol-lowering drugs called “statins.” Statins are one of the most frequently prescribed drug classes in the world – over 2.5 million people in the U.K. alone are currently taking them.
Doctors like statins because [...]
Slaying the Cholesterol Demons!
Posted by Guy Edwards in Nutrition & Lifestyle on 11. Sep, 2009 | No Comments
Slaying the Cholesterol Lowering Demon
By Kimberly Hartke | Published: September 10, 2009
The Devil is in the Absence of Details
photo credit: craigCloutier
Weston A. Price Foundation, a nutrition education non-profit, claims cholesterol is misunderstood. It plays a key role in body chemistry, hormone balance, longevity. But if that is the case, why are we not told? Unfortunately, [...]
