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 …
CV & The Elephant In The Room – Sky News
Published on 22 Mar 2020 Dr. Aseem Malhotra on Sky News, with a timely and hard-hitting piece on what is not getting enough focus. The epidemic of modern chronic disease which hugely exacerbates the impact of this issue. Published by Ivor Cummins http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHAnzhRZFZ0 LINK:https://youtu.be/CHAnzhRZFZ0 TRANSCRIPT PDF: https://thefatemperor.com/wp-content/... THE REALITY IN THE UK: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2...
Cauliflower Tabbouleh
Struggling for another way to consume my quota of cruciferous vegetables I was inspired by a Jamie Oliver recipe from his super-foods book replacing the brown rice with the cauliflower. I have always been a little apprehensive of using cauliflower without disguising its acrid scent with lashings of cheese or butter but in this recipe …
What’s With Wheat? – A Documentary
This disturbing documentary has gathered together some of the worlds top auhors on the subject and well-respected researchers to discuss how wheat has become one of the most pervasive crops on the planet. Dr David Perlmutter, researcher Dr. Terry Wahls, and many other experts look at how Coeliac’s Disease and Non-Coeliac wheat intolerance as well as obesity …
Snack Attack – Are We Losing Our Way?
With the exponential rise of the Keto snack market, some even making it onto the precious mainstream supermarket shelf spaces, aren’t we in danger of corrupting the message of these life saving diets and going down the same path of processing natural ingredients to the point of ‘frankenfood’. It is snacking that has contributed to …
Dr Paul Mason – An Info Packed Podcast
I usually make a point of reading, watching or listening to everything from Dr Paul Mason as he has an enviable knack of explaining metabolism in a way that non - experts can understand. However, I had avoided this podcast for a while as it has been unfortunately labelled as an 'ultimate carnivore' podcast, which …
