News regarding traditional wisdom and native diets regarding nutrition.
Dietary omega-3 fatty acid supplementation increases the rate of muscle protein synthesis in older adults: a randomized controlled trial
by The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
Background: Loss of muscle mass with aging is a major public health concern. Omega-3 (n–3) fatty acids stimulate protein anabolism in animals and might therefore be useful for the treatment of sarcopenia. However, the effect of omega-3 fatty acids on human protein metabolism is unknown.
Objective: The objective of […]
Eat Eggs Not Cereal For Breakfast
by Diet Heart Publishing
Emphasizing healthy natural fat and complete protein is the best way to start you day. We need – on average – 30 grams of protein before noon each day. If there is a perfect protein food, eggs would top the list. Eggs contain all eight essential amino acids and are a […]
What’s Really Behind Whole Grains in School Food
by Lisa Suriano
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has proposed new school meal guidelines [PDF] that call for substantially more whole grains. But if you thought that meant kids would start seeing bulgur and spelt on their cafeteria trays, think again. What it really means are the same old dinner rolls, pizza crusts and bread […]
How Walmart Swindled the White House
by Michele Simon
When Michelle Obama first announced her Let’s Move program to end childhood obesity “within a generation” last year, I tried to remain open-minded. Like many others, I was happy to have the First Lady bring attention to this important problem. And there’s no doubt that her leadership has helped, for example, to get Congress […]
Does Dietary Saturated Fat Increase Blood Cholesterol? An Informal Review of Observational Studies
by Stephan Guyenet
The diet-heart hypothesis states three things:
Dietary saturated fat increases blood cholesterol
Elevated blood cholesterol increases the risk of having a heart attack
Therefore, dietary saturated fat increases the risk of having a heart attack
To evaluate the second contention, investigators have examined the relationship between blood cholesterol and heart attack risk. Many studies including MRFIT […]
The Big Lie – Saturated Fats Are Bad For Us
If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it.*
Joseph Goebbels (pictured left)
Reich Minister of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda
The history of our race, and each individual’s experience, are sown thick with evidence that a truth is not hard to kill and that […]
Eating Wheat Gluten Causes Symptoms in Some People Who Don’t Have Celiac Disease
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a condition characterized by the frequent occurrence of abdominal pain, diarrhea, constipation, bloating and/or gas. If that sounds like an extremely broad description, that’s because it is. The word “syndrome” is medicalese for “we don’t know what causes it.” IBS seems to be a catch-all for various persistent digestive […]
If You Eat Processed Meats, Are You Risking Your Life?
A review of more than 7,000 clinical studies examining the connection between diet and cancer came to a stark conclusion: No one should eat processed meats.
The World Cancer Research Fund came to the following conclusion:
“There is strong evidence that … processed meats are causes of bowel cancer, and that there is no amount of […]