Diet myths abound in the health industry, but one of the biggest myths of all is the idea that a calorie is a calorie, no matter where you get it from, or what the chemical or nutritional makeup of it is.

by Dr. Mercola Even though the low-fat craze has ended and more people are embracing healthy fats in their diet, there’s still a sizable group that has not heard the news yet … Eating fat will not make you fat as quickly as eating carbs will. This, in a nutshell, is what you need to [...]

Some things to keep in mind during Heart Awareness Month by Paula Owens Ahwatukee Foothills News Excerpts: Saturated fat is actually healthy for your heart. A study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition revealed that those who regularly eat the highest amounts of saturated fats have the least amount of plaque buildup in their arteries, [...]

by Dr. Mercola A new study from the Netherlands has aroused a great deal of interest, especially as it comes immediately in the wake of an ill-conceived Danish tax that unfairly targets saturated fats. The study found that dietary intake of saturated fatty acids is associated with a modest increase in serum total cholesterol — [...]

by Katie Kimball Kitchen Stewardship Since I’ve been making an effort to eat more fat and the right kind of fat, flying in the face of popular opinion, I haven’t gained a pound. My cholesterol is great, and my husband’s lipid levels also have not changed (except for his HDL – the good stuff – going [...]

By Dr. Mercola CBS News, one of the most-watched news programs in the world, recently ran a report questioning whether animal fat is as bad as ‘conventional wisdom’ would have you believe. The answer? It most certainly is not. The vilification of fats go back to the early 1950′s, when Dr. Ancel Keys published an [...]

By: Tracey Tufnail vancouversun.com I am now down 31 lbs, and I feel great. My husband’s weight has dropped around 20 lbs and he is loving it, too. Not eating wheat is certainly a factor in my continuing weight loss and improving health, but I have also made two radical changes when it comes to dietary fats. [...]

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by Dr. John Briffa The Cholesterol Truth I regularly lecture in front of groups, and I’m usually emphasising the value of good nutrition and what this actually means. I believe in eating a natural, unprocessed diet comprised mainly of foods that have been in the human diet the longest including meat (yes, even red meat), [...]

By Dr. Mercola Sources: Dr. Mercola’s Comments: The Trust for America’s Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation have been issuing an annual US obesity report since 2006, and this year’s report is sobering to say the least. Its title, How Obesity Threatens America’s Future 2011, spells it out succinctly, because while many people still [...]