Mac-Nutrition

Red Meat and Heart Disease – is Carnitine the link?

Mac - Nutrition — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 12:42:44 +0000

Red Meat and Heart Disease – same story, different face So, we’re now being told the saturated fat and cholesterol content of sirloin steak is not high enough to contribute to an increased cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. Instead, the link between red meat and heart disease is apparently due to a compound called carnitine that [...]

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5-a-day, Fructose and the Department of Health

Mac - Nutrition — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 00:35:03 +0000

Guest Article by Martin MacDonald Fructose, commonly known as the ‘fruit sugar’, has been written about previously on this website. Fruit, fruit juice and therefore fructose was the topic of my first ever video blog for Mac-Nutrition (see below) and now I’m going to talk a little bit about the 5-a-day concept. However, in case [...]

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BCAA Supplementation – Timing and Dosage

Martin — Sat, 08 Sep 2012 20:16:24 +0000

Introduction to BCAA, MAA and EAA So that you don’t get too lost with the abbreviations or get confused by the relevance of one group of amino acids to another we will be using the following terms. When you see mixed amino acids (MAA) this means all of the amino acids; within this are the [...]

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BBC2 The Men Who Made Us Fat

Martin — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 18:32:56 +0000

The Men Who Made Us Fat ‘The Men Who Made Us Fat’ was such an amazing documentary and it has been uploaded to YouTube so we thought we’d just include a quick link for anyone who didn’t manage to see it. In particular, Parts 1 to 4 are the most informative of how the state [...]

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Dietary Guidelines for Salt Intake and Blood Pressure

Martin — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 00:08:39 +0000

Guest Article by Martin MacDonald Despite my fairly strong views that the current recommendations regarding salt intake and blood pressure are premature, I don’t think I’ve ever actually written a research update on a paper looking at salt. One thing that has held me back from writing about salt is that it is a huge [...]

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Almond Flour and Coconut Flour

Martin — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 15:28:15 +0000

Lately, we’ve been having a play with almond butter and flour as well as coconut flour and oil, with various other ingredients, to make some really tasty and nutritious deserts, snacks and treats. Its lead to a whole lot of research on the best places to buy them as they’re not cheap! So far we’ve [...]

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Vitamin D Research

Martin — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 21:24:43 +0000

Vitamin D Deficiency, Supplementation and a Case Report Vit D has been a hot topic over the last couple of years and is somewhat of a buzzword in the world of nutrition and health at the minute; the first time we wrote something on Vitamin D was in 2009 on Mac-Nutrition 1.0 about Vitamin D [...]

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Sports Drinks, Skill Maintenance and Cricket Performance

Mac - Nutrition — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 01:04:20 +0000

by Matthew Lees, BA The topic of sugar consumption is a key aspect of the Mac-Nutrition philosophy, and there is a wealth of information available within this website supporting a lower carb, ‘real food’ approach to nutrition. For sedentary populations in particular, this should be regarded as the de facto attitude in terms of diet [...]

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