January 2012

Research Update: How to make fat look bad

29.01.2012 ARTICLES
Bat fat

This is a topic that was covered at the Mac-Nutrition Conference 2011 and we’re wondering whether we might write an entire article series on this because quite frankly we’re not sure whether researchers are doing it on purpose or whether studies like this are actually written by PhD students with a lack of common sense [...]

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Research Update: An amazing study on intakes of carbohydrate, protein and fat

26.01.2012 ARTICLES
Eat Well Plate STOP

A study on intakes of carbohydrate, protein and fat, published just 4 days ago has come out and has shown some interesting results… perhaps ground breaking if you still believe the food pyramid/eat well plate is anything to go by, but interesting to the rest of us none the less. I have been fortunate enough [...]

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Research Update: When controlling for carbohydrate intake, higher saturated fat was associated with lower VLDL-C and TGs.

16.01.2012 ARTICLES
cholesterol makeup

As a quick introduction to simplify some of the technical bits. Generally, Very Low Density Lipoproteins (VLDLs) are consider to be a less than ideal form of cholesterol to be floating around in the blood. LDL the 'bad' cholesterol is no longer thought of in such a simplistic way. It is a necessary part of [...]

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Fructose kills….?

16.01.2012 ARTICLES
Orange Juice 2.3''

From the archive: First posted in 2010 A fantastically interesting study looking at the difference between drinking glucose sweetened and fructose sweetened drinks. Fructose is commonly known as the ‘healthy sugar’ however, the results of this study show something slightly different. Things like Coca Cola are generally sweetened with High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) or [...]

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What are manufacturers putting in food…

16.01.2012 ARTICLES
Sugar packet 2.3''

So, yesterday, Mrs Mac came into the office and said “I looked through what must have been fifty jars of jam yesterday and could only find two that didn’t have glucose-fructose syrup in them!” Unfortunately, its getting harder and harder to spot the nasties that are getting added to our food! Even with the best [...]

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Nitrogen Balance and Muscle Gain

13.01.2012 MUSCLE GAIN
Gain Muscle 2

Guest article by Martin MacDonald WHY NITROGEN? For the last couple of years, an exam question I have set my undergraduates is ‘How do proteins differ chemically from lipids and carbohydrates?’ The answer is: While carbohydrates and fat contain Carbon, Hydrogen and Oxygen, proteins also contain nitrogen. For this reason, we can use measures of [...]

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How to diet to single digit body fat percentages

13.01.2012 Most Popular
Flex Wheeler perfection

How to diet to single digit body fat. Guest article by Martin MacDonald If you’re reading this you’re probably well aware that most mainstream ideas about healthy eating are terrible let along advise to lose weight and get to single digit body fat levels! Recommendations on salt intake, cholesterol intake, servings of carbohydrate etc are [...]

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What’s new in Mac-Nutrition 2.0

13.01.2012 ARTICLES
The MacPlate

Welcome to Mac-Nutrition 2.0! As you will have seen the articles section is more empty than it was previously. We have done this on purpose so that both old and new visitors alike will read the updates and new content (like this post) first! New content will be uploaded to the site by the hour [...]

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