Weston A. Price Foundation criticizes USDA’s manipulation of American diets

by Jessica Claire Haney

On Monday, February 14, the Weston A. Price Foundation made its criticisms of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s dietary guidelines crystal clear. For anyone who had assumed the governmental agency must be doing its best to ensure the health of Americans, Monday’s press conference was a wake-up call.

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Eating more saturated fat helps you live to at least 85 years of age

Health Impact News Editor Comments:

I love reading the blog posts from Dave (does not give a last name) at the Healthy Diets and Science blog. He pours over journal entries that debunk current myths regarding diet and nutrition and then blogs about them. This is what he says about his blog:

“WHAT DOES THE SCIENTIFIC […]

Changing views about saturated fat and cardiovascular disease

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(Rosemont, IL) Feb. 10 – For generations, the consumption of dairy products has been positively associated with the health and wellness of families and communities. Nevertheless, the recent shift in dietary trends has focused on “what not to eat” instead of emphasizing “what to eat,” resulting […]

Saturated Fat is Actually Healthy for Your Heart

Health Impact News Comment:

Paula Owens, a nutritionist, fitness expert and weight loss coach with more than 20 years, has written a very good article today in the Ahwatukee Foothills News: Three things you may not know about heart health – Please click through and read this article. Here is an excerpt:

Saturated fat is actually healthy […]

Add Grassfed Meat to your diet: it has healthy fat!

Grassfed sirloin roast, with a delicious, nutritious fat cap.
by Stanley A. Fishman
Our culture has a phobia about animal fat. The horrid nutritional guidelines just issued by the U.S. government tell us to eat meat only occasionally, and eat only lean meat. This is truly a shame, because animal fat from pastured animals contains many vital […]

The McGovern Report which Recommended a Low-fat Diet

From the comedy documentary “Fat Head,” a comedian’s reply to “Super Size Me.” The official government policy of promoting a lowfat diet had nothing to do with science and everything to do with politics.