CVD

Red Meat and Heart Disease – is Carnitine the link?

10.04.2013 ARTICLES
red meat and heart disease - Conflicting Information

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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Research Update: Low carb diet improves glycemic control compared with advice to follow a low-fat diet

09.06.2012 ARTICLES
Low Fat

So, after my most recent post on Facebook that almost got the desired 70 likes over the long weekend, here is the study I mentioned. This is an interesting study as it looks at real world situations with "few resources allocated for achieving compliance, so that clinical use of the protocol would be realistic for [...]

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Research Update: A low fat diet worsens cardiovascular risk factors in male and female runners

03.03.2012 ARTICLES
Heart health cardiovascular disease

Just a couple of interesting studies basically showing that eating a low fat diet (15-16%) worsens markers of cardiovascular disease risk. We hopefully all know that eating less than 15% fat is a bad idea, even the government doesn't recommend less than 15% but here is some evidence that perhaps even a 'health low fat [...]

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