http://www.mac-nutrition.com Martin MacDonald Consultant Nutritionist Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:22:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.mac-nutrition.com/statins-drug-companies-and-smokes-and-mirrors/ http://www.mac-nutrition.com/statins-drug-companies-and-smokes-and-mirrors/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 01:00:48 +0000 Martin http://www.mac-nutrition.com/testing/newwebsite/?p=41   I came across this fantastic letter, written by a UK based GP, on the use of statins. It is great to know there are these kinds of people in the UK system. A lot of what I read is US based information with MDs in America looking at things critically and going against the [...]]]> http://www.mac-nutrition.com/statins-drug-companies-and-smokes-and-mirrors/feed/ 0 http://www.mac-nutrition.com/research-update-an-amazing-study-on-intakes-of-carbohydrates-proteins-and-fats/ http://www.mac-nutrition.com/research-update-an-amazing-study-on-intakes-of-carbohydrates-proteins-and-fats/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 01:00:45 +0000 Martin http://www.mac-nutrition.com/testing/newwebsite/?p=279   A study 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 to get a provisional PDF which [...]]]> http://www.mac-nutrition.com/research-update-an-amazing-study-on-intakes-of-carbohydrates-proteins-and-fats/feed/ 0 http://www.mac-nutrition.com/vegans-vegetarians-and-alkaline-diet-hippies/ http://www.mac-nutrition.com/vegans-vegetarians-and-alkaline-diet-hippies/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 01:00:04 +0000 Martin http://www.newtestsite.mac-nutrition.com/?p=2570 Updated from the archives:   So, of late I have become slightly addicted to Linked In… never thought I'd say that! Well, it is more the 'groups' that exist within Linked In, namely groups like 'Nutrition' and 'Nutrition Professionals' which I thought would be great as it would mean having intelligent discussion with like minded, [...]]]> http://www.mac-nutrition.com/vegans-vegetarians-and-alkaline-diet-hippies/feed/ 0 http://www.mac-nutrition.com/absoutely-disgusting-the-american-dietetics-association/ http://www.mac-nutrition.com/absoutely-disgusting-the-american-dietetics-association/#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:16:00 +0000 Martin http://www.mac-nutrition.com/testing/newwebsite/?p=288 Updated from the archives: The American Dietetics Association (ADA) is considered by some the most influential nutritional organisation in the world. It is certainly one of the wealthiest and what the ADA does, the British Dietetics Association soon follows which is why I choose to highlight things like this. So the news that has come [...]]]> http://www.mac-nutrition.com/absoutely-disgusting-the-american-dietetics-association/feed/ 2 http://www.mac-nutrition.com/please-do-not-let-a-company-like-this-succeed-like-retweet/ http://www.mac-nutrition.com/please-do-not-let-a-company-like-this-succeed-like-retweet/#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2012 08:00:36 +0000 Martin http://www.mac-nutrition.com/testing/newwebsite/?p=249 Originally posted Nov 2010 I debated whether to blog bout this… as, as they say 'no publicity is bad publicity' however, I hope this is one instance where it really is! So, I was in Boots the other day, buying myself some Ketosticks to see if my most recent diet escapades had cause my body [...]]]> http://www.mac-nutrition.com/please-do-not-let-a-company-like-this-succeed-like-retweet/feed/ 1 http://www.mac-nutrition.com/research-update-when-controlling-for-carbohydrate-intake-higher-saturated-fat-was-associated-with-lower-vldl-c-and-tgs/ http://www.mac-nutrition.com/research-update-when-controlling-for-carbohydrate-intake-higher-saturated-fat-was-associated-with-lower-vldl-c-and-tgs/#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2012 08:00:26 +0000 Martin http://www.mac-nutrition.com/?p=3381   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 [...]]]> http://www.mac-nutrition.com/research-update-when-controlling-for-carbohydrate-intake-higher-saturated-fat-was-associated-with-lower-vldl-c-and-tgs/feed/ 0 http://www.mac-nutrition.com/fructose-kills/ http://www.mac-nutrition.com/fructose-kills/#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2012 08:00:23 +0000 Martin http://www.mac-nutrition.com/testing/newwebsite/?p=177   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 Table Sugar (Sucrose). Both of these [...]]]> http://www.mac-nutrition.com/fructose-kills/feed/ 0 http://www.mac-nutrition.com/hfcs-sugar-health-what-are-manufacturers-putting-in-food/ http://www.mac-nutrition.com/hfcs-sugar-health-what-are-manufacturers-putting-in-food/#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2012 08:00:14 +0000 Martin http://www.mac-nutrition.com/testing/newwebsite/?p=230   So, yesterday my wife came home 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!"… what a good wife Unfortunately, its getting harder and harder to spot the nasties that are getting added to our food! Even [...]]]> http://www.mac-nutrition.com/hfcs-sugar-health-what-are-manufacturers-putting-in-food/feed/ 0