Taking the fear out of eating fats
By Lori Lipski The Weston A. Price Foundation http://www.westonaprice.org/health-topics/taking-the-fear-out-of-eating-fat/ For many years we have been told over and over again that fat is unhealthy, and most people actually do believe it. Therefore, in an attempt to be “healthy,” many people…
Statins – The Basics
References: http://www.westonaprice.org/, http://www.spacedoc.net/, Dr Malcolm Kendrick The statins (or HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors) are a class of drugs that lower cholesterol levels. The first results can be seen after one week of use and the effect is maximal after four to…
Red Meat – good or bad? Part 2
Part 2 of BBC2 Horizon documentary – ‘Should I Eat Meat?’ was aired last week and although it was talking about what animals were fed and how they were raised, it was all in relation to ‘carbon footprint’. The question…
Red Meat – good or bad? Part 1
There was a BBC2 Horizon documentary this evening by Dr Michael Mosley called ‘Should I Eat Meat?’. One interesting little bit of information mentioned was: An American study showed that eating red meat increased health/mortality issues A European study showed…
The Low Fat Con
I’ve blogged a lot about how bad ‘low fat’ foods are (see my past blogs), so it was good to see Channel 4 Dispatches program – The Truth about Low Fat Food – last week. Besides highlighting the amount of…
Spring has Sprung…
Spring is on it’s way, the daffodils are magnificent, the clocks have gone to Summer Time and the sun is starting to emerge. So I had better get my act together and find out how to make the most of…