Misinformation

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

13.09.2012 ARTICLES
Fructose

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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BBC2 The Men Who Made Us Fat

27.08.2012 ARTICLES
The men who made us fat

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

25.07.2012 ARTICLES
Success Baby - Salt Funny

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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Research Update: Low carbohydrate-high protein diets are associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease

02.07.2012 ARTICLES
Heart health cardiovascular disease

Guest Article by Martin MacDonald Are you scared after reading that blog title? Are you worried that I’ve suddenly realised that the EatWell Plate is in fact great? Fear not, nothing has changed its just another crappy study getting infinitely more media attention than it deserves. If you’ve not heard about it yet there was [...]

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Nutrition Myth Busting Videos

02.07.2012 ARTICLES
Myth Busting Videos

Videos by Martin MacDonald Over the last few months, Total Greek Yoghurt have been releasing a series of nutrition and diet myth busting videos that we filmed back in January 2012. I got to pick the topics and interestingly a lot of what I am talking about has come up in the recent BBC Documentay [...]

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Hypertriglyceridaemia in Type 2 Diabetes: Risk and Management

11.06.2012 ARTICLES
Diabetes

I get a weekly update from Medscape: Diebetes and Endocrinology News. Generally I just skim the headings and delete but occasionally a title like "Managing Hypertriglyceridaemia in Type 2 Diabetes" comes up which takes my fancy. You can sign up for a free account if you wish but I generally wouldn't advise bothering… If you [...]

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Research Update: Low carb is better than Moderate carb for body fat loss…

07.03.2012 ARTICLES
Clinical Stupidity

"A Low carb diet is better than Moderate carb diet for body fat loss and for improving your blood cholesterol levels BUT it would be prudent to eat a moderate carb diet if you want to lose weight"… ?!?!?!?! This is the conclusion of a study I stumbled across whilst researching for my 'Saturated Fat [...]

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