Category Archives: Fat in Diet
Random Thoughts On Paleo Eating for People With Diabetes
I was interviewed a couple months ago by Amy Stockwell Mercer, author of Smart Woman’s Guide to Diabetes. All I knew beforehand was that she was interested in my thoughts on the paleo diet as applied to diabetes. I think … Continue reading
What About the Omega-6/Omega-3 Fatty Acid Ratio?
It’s estimated that the Old Stone Age diet provided much more omega-3 fatty acids and much less omega-6s, compared to modern Western diets. This may have important implications for development of certain chronic diseases like cancer and heart disease. This’ll … Continue reading
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What’s Our Preferred Fuel?
Dr. Jay Wortman has been thinking about whether our bodies prefer to run on carbohydrates (as a source of glucose) or, instead, on fats. The standard American diet provides derives about half of its energy from carbs, 35% from fats, … Continue reading
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What Happened to Lard?
Lard may be making a come-back. An NPR article reviews its fall from grace, with mention of Upton Sinclair, Procter and Gamble, and Crisco. Steve Parker, M.D. h/t Laura Dolson
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Got Spare Time?: Track Your Omega-3 and Omega-6 Fatty Acid Consumption
One of the major changes in the Western diet over the last century has been the increase in our consumption of omega-6 fatty acids, primarily in the form of industrial seed oils. Examples include oils derived from soybeens, corn, and … Continue reading
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Dr. Andreas Eenfeldt Explains LCHF Diet
Dr. Eenfeldt of DietDoctor.com gave a talk at the recent Ancestral Health Symposium in California, on the rationale of the current low-carb, high-fat diet (LCHF) so popular in his home country of Sweden. It’s very understandable to the general public … Continue reading
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Which Of Three Low-Carb Diets Reduces Future Risk of Diabetes?
Men eating low-carb diets featuring protein and fats from sources other than red and processed meats may reduce risk of developing type 2 diabetes later, compared to other types of low-carb diets. The same Boston-based researchers previously looked for a similar … Continue reading
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Dietary Oil Change Over the Last Century
Dr. Stephan Guyenet at Whole Health Source provides details about the large increase in U.S. consumption of industrial seed oils over the last hundred years. I’ve not studied the issue in detail, so I have no opinion about the health ramifications. … Continue reading
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Asian Strokes Are Not Same as Western
The higher the consumption of saturated fat, the lower the risk of death from stroke, according to Japanese researchers in a recent American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Most physicians in the West would have predicted the opposite: saturated fats increase … Continue reading
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Book Review: Why We Get Fat
Gary Taubes’s new book, Why We Get Fat: And What To Do About It, comes on the market later this month. I give it five stars per Amazon.com’s ranking system (I love it). ♦ ♦ ♦ At the start of … Continue reading
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