Published online 26th September 2018 BMJ Open Heart https://openheart.bmj.com/content/5/2/e000898 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6196963/ Numerous lines of evidence show that the omega-6 polyunsaturated fat linoleic acid promotes oxidative stress, oxidised LDL cholesterol, chronic low-grade inflammation and atherosclerosis, and is likely a major dietary culprit for causing heart disease, especially when consumed in the form of industrial seed oils commonly …
Despite What You’ve Been Told, Cows Can Save The World – Brian Sanders
Film maker Brian Sanders, the man behind the feature length documentary 'Food Lies' and host of the Peak Human podcast looks at the history of our dietary guidelines, the epidemic of chronic disease and obesity that followed, what the new science is telling us humans should actually be eating, and how to eat that food …
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Reversing Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Through Low-Carb Nutrition – Dr. Terry Wahls
After three years of a low-carb/ketogenic diet to reverse type 2 diabetes, I am constantly amazed by emerging news of many other incredible stories of its effects on other conditions, one of which is highlighted here with the miraculous story of Dr Terry Wahls, a clinical professor of medicine at the University of Iowa Carver College …
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Low-Carb Diet May Reverse Age-Related Brain Deterioration
Researchers say brain pathways begin to erode in our late 40's, but this can be repaired through dietary changes? A low carbohydrate diet may prevent and even reverse age-related damage to the brain, research has found. By examining brain scans, researchers found that brain pathways begin to deteriorate earlier than previously believed. Changes associated with …
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The Racism Built Into our Viral Issue – By Ivor Cummins
Ivor Cummins - Published 12 July 2020 Are there elements of racism attached to our current issue? Are our ethnic brethren suffering much greater harms than they need to? Is this not an issue we need to decode - and take immediate action on? Enter Dr. Aseem Malhotra - and his new published paper on …
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Saturated Fats and Health: A Reassessment and Proposal for Food-based Recommendations
The recommendation to limit dietary saturated fatty acid (SFA) intake has persisted despite mounting evidence to the contrary. Most recent meta-analyses of randomized trials and observational studies found no beneficial effects of reducing SFA intake on cardiovascular disease (CVD) and total mortality, and instead found protective effects against stroke. Although SFAs increase low-density lipoprotein (LDL)-cholesterol, …
Fat Fiction – The Documentary Movie
"For most of human history there has been very little starch or sugar in the human diet. In fact, if you put all of human history into one year, it's only in the last day that we started eating grains or bread and it's only in the last hour that people have been eating sugar." …
Let Them Eat Their Custard Creams!
A timely video (35 mins) from the Public Health Collaboration to offer food for thought in these troubled times... Link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-gQ5Gt7_Ac&t=633s
Your Gut – Where Health Starts
Increasingly research is revealing that gut health is critical to overall health, especially our immune system. This presentation is one of the most information packed lectures on the subject covering 10 top tips for good gut health in an easy to digest (pun intended) hour-long lecture. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRdEEC4i_3w Link - https://youtu.be/SRdEEC4i_3w Further Viewing - https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=ben+warren
Choc Chip & Cranberry Cookies
Searching for a recipe for an Easter egg replacement treat I found this recipe on YouTube modifying it slightly by omitting the sweetener, and sugar free (but not sweetener free) choc chips, replacing these with a small amount of unsweetened cranberries and very dark chocolate. The result is a portion controlled (makes two) cookie that really …
