News regarding traditional wisdom and native diets regarding nutrition.
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 […]