April 8, 2020 Jennifer Abbasi JAMA. Published online April 8, 2020. doi:10.1001/jama.2020.5186 Clinical trials don’t support the public’s positive perception of coconut oil, a recent systematic review and meta-analysis suggests. The study, published in Circulation, found that compared with other vegetable oils, coconut oil increases low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C)—the “bad” kind that ups cardiovascular disease […]
Sue Hughes August 29, 2017 BARCELONA, SPAIN — A new study of dietary habits in 135,000 people around the world is set to shake up the nutrition field, with results showing high fat intake—including saturated fat—was associated with a reduced risk of mortality. The PURE study, which followed participants from 18 countries for 7 years, also found […]
Aseem Malhotra British Journal of Sports Medicine Volume 51, Issue 15 Coronary artery disease pathogenesis and treatment urgently requires a paradigm shift. Despite popular belief among doctors and the public, the conceptual model of dietary saturated fat clogging a pipe is just plain wrong. A landmark systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies showed no […]
by Michael Eades If you’ve been following a low-carbohydrate diet for any length of time and have experienced the changes in weight and energy levels, the reductions in blood sugar and blood pressure, and the improvement in GERD that typically accompany such diets, you may wonder why the mainstream doesn’t jump aboard. I know I […]
06.27.2016 Saturated fats tied to faster symptom worsening by Wayne Kuznar Contributing Writer High intakes of total fat and particularly saturated fatty acids (SFA) increased the rate of structural progression of knee osteoarthritis (OA), whereas high intakes of unsaturated fatty acids appeared to slow the rate of radiographic progression in a prospective observational study. In […]
Posted on May 6, 2016 by Christopher Masterjohn Exploring the Biological Roles of These Long-Demonized Yet Heroic Nutrients Since the rise of the diet-heart hypothesis in the 1960s, the idea that saturated fat is the “bad fat” has dominated the fields of nutrition science and medicine. This, combined with the observation that we can make […]
Am J Clin Nutr. 2016 Feb;103(2):356-65. doi: 10.3945/ajcn.115.122671. Epub 2016 Jan 20. Praagman J, Beulens JW, Alssema M, Zock PL, Wanders AJ, Sluijs I, van der Schouw YT. Author information Abstract BACKGROUND: The association between saturated fatty acid (SFA) intake and ischemic heart disease (IHD) risk is debated. OBJECTIVE: We sought to investigate whether dietary […]
Trans fats linked to all-cause mortality, total CHD, CHD mortality; no associations for saturated fats WEDNESDAY, Aug. 12, 2015 (HealthDay News) — Trans fats, but not saturated fats, are associated with all-cause mortality, coronary heart disease (CHD), and CHD-associated mortality, according to a systematic review published online Aug. 11 in The BMJ. Russell J. de […]
3/23/2015 Dr. Dean Ornish strikes again with an editorial lambasting what he calls high-protein diets in today’s New York Times. I got an email first thing this morning from a South African journalist inquiring as to what I thought about it. Monday mornings are killers for me, so I thought I would jot off a quick response and […]
Reason.com Government nutrition nannies get it wrong Ronald Bailey|Feb. 24, 2015 9:47 am Progressives tend to believe that government knows best. The unfolding fiasco over government nutrition misinformation should give them pause. For years now the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have been recommending that “everyone age 2 and up should consume less than […]
It’s official (38 years on): links between saturated fat and health have no scientific basis, say Scots researchers Published on 10 February 2015 HEALTH warnings linking fat consumption to coronary heart disease “should not have been introduced”, according to a study which turns decades of dietary advice on its head. Consumers in the UK […]
Nutrition, dietary interventions and prostate cancer: The latest evidence Full Text BMC Medicine, 01/20/2015 Review Article Lin PH, et al. – Prostate cancer (PCa) remains a leading cause of mortality in US men and the prevalence continues to rise world–wide especially in countries where men consume a ‘Western–style’ diet. The combination of all the beneficial […]
Dietary fatty acids and risk of coronary heart disease in men: The Kuopio ischemic heart disease risk factor study Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology, 12/04/2014 Evidence Based Medicine Virtanen JK, et al. – The epidemiological evidence of the role of dietary saturated fatty acids (SFA) in the development of coronary heart disease (CHD) is inconsistent. […]
11/21/2014 Doubling or even nearly tripling saturated fat in the diet does not drive up total levels of saturated fat in the blood, according to a controlled diet study. However, increasing levels of carbohydrates in the diet during the study promoted a steady increase in the blood of a fatty acid linked to an elevated […]
Paz Etcheverry Factors to take into account when choosing oils Oils consist mostly of triglycerides, which are molecules composed of three fatty acids esterified to one glycerol molecule. Additionally, oils contain unsaponifiable compounds (i.e., unable to form soaps) and acyl lipids. The fatty acids that make up the triglycerides can be MUFAs (monounsaturated fatty acids), […]
The Wall Street Journal By NINA TEICHOLZ Updated May 6, 2014 10:25 a.m. ET “Saturated fat does not cause heart disease”—or so concluded a big study published in March in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine. How could this be? The very cornerstone of dietary advice for generations has been that the saturated fats in […]
Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 04/21/2014 Clinical Article Sieri S, et al. – High saturated fat was statistically significantly associated with greater risk of HER2- disease. High saturated fat intake particularly increases risk of receptor–positive disease, suggesting saturated fat involvement in the etiology of this BC subtype. Abstract We prospectively evaluated fat intake […]
Mayo Clinic Proceedings April 2014 Volume 89, Issue 4, Pages 451–453 Uffe Ravnskov, MD, PhD For many years we have been told that to prevent cardiovascular disease (CVD), we must lower our intake of saturated fatty acids (SFAs) and instead eat more carbohydrates and polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs). Backed up by the National Cholesterol Education […]
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 04/03/2014 Clinical Article Full Story PubMed Reference Journal Reference Astrup A – Dairy products contribute important nutrients to the diet, including energy, calcium, protein, and other micro– and macronutrients. However, dairy products can be high in saturated fats, and dietary guidelines generally recommend reducing the intake of saturated fatty acids (SFAs) to […]
American Heart Journal, 03/28/2014 Clinical Article Kalantarian S, et al. – Previous studies observed the surprising finding that saturated fat was inversely associated with atherosclerosis progression in postmenopausal women, whereas polyunsaturated fat (PUFA) and carbohydrates were positively associated. Whether certain genes modify the association of diet with atherosclerotic progression is unknown. The authors observed an […]