15 Myths & Truths On Vegetarianism: #6
Posted by Guy in Nutrition & Lifestyle on 30. Nov, 2011 | No Comments
Myth #6: Saturated fats and dietary cholesterol cause heart disease, atherosclerosis, and/or cancer, and low-fat, low-cholesterol diets are healthier for people. This, too, is not a specific vegetarian myth. Nevertheless, people are often urged to take up a vegetarian or vegan diet because it is believed that such diets offer protection against heart disease and [...]
Why Saturated Fats Are Good For You
Posted by Guy in Nutrition & Lifestyle on 25. Nov, 2010 | No Comments
By: Sadiqua Hamden Low Fat Diet: Saturated With Lies Beef. Chicken. Eggs. Butter. Coconut oil. Do these saturated-filled words sound like weapons of health destruction? According to current nutritional guidelines, I’m supposed to limit these foods because they’ll either lead to obesity, cancer, heart disease, diabetes or some form of suffering for the rest of [...]
The Myth of the Cholesterol-Heart Hypothesis
Posted by Guy in Nutrition & Lifestyle on 18. Apr, 2010 | No Comments
“Cut the feet to fit the shoes” Heart and circulatory disease is the UK’s biggest killer. In 2002, cardiovascular disease (CVD) caused 39% of deaths in the UK. Eat a low fat diet and you will reduce your risk of heart disease, so convention tells us. Could one of the most popular assumptions about the [...]
New Study, Statins Cause Diabetes
Posted by Guy in Nutrition & Lifestyle on 13. Apr, 2010 | No Comments
Here is a link to a great article by Justin Smith, author of the $29 billion reasons to lie about cholesterol. It shows new research published in the medical journal the Lancet, relating to how new statin drugs can increase the risk of diabetes. http://www.29billion.com/journal/tag/diabetes Pass this on to anyone you know who has been [...]
What If Some Types of Saturated Fat is Actually Good For Us!
Posted by Guy in Nutrition & Lifestyle on 18. Feb, 2010 | No Comments
For decades, we have been told that saturated fat clogs arteries and causes heart disease. But there’s just one problem: No one’s ever proved it! Suppose you were forced to live on a diet of red meat and whole milk. A diet that, all told, was at least 60 percent fat — about half of [...]
