The Good cholesterol isn’t good, but the bad cholesterol is still bad. HDL is a marker, but not a cause, for individuals who have better heart health, but raising HDL does not decrease the incidence of heart disease. The good news: under your doctors directions – you probably don’t need the niacin or the fish oil – but still eat fish
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Coffee drinking may be a benefit to health. The recent study from the National Cancer Institute reports that coffee drinking is associated with a slightly lower risk of death from certain diseases than non-coffee drinkers. Coffee may be good for us– who knew
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When a movie is considered to be a documentary, and held as the reason for many to adopt a Vegan lifestyle, it is worth reviewing. This is not a documentary, a documentary means the movie would be non-fiction. The movie is filled with feel good stories, misdirection, and information that is just not factual. Still this movie has an effect – and if it were not for the facts, after watching this movie I would give up lamb for beets.
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Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine seems to play a bit loose with the facts about nutrition. This organization is less about research and evidenced based medicine, and far more about an agenda or advocacy.
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The USDA recommendations for using less saturated fat and more monounsaturated or polyunsaturated fat were not based no the scientific literature. What we really know about fat, and diet – based on prospective studies, is here- and it isn’t what you think it should be.
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Does red meat increase your mortality? According to the recent report it does- but when you analyze that report, you find that correlation does not equal causation, and here are just a few major flaws with that study.
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Did our guts evolve in the Paleolithic era so that to avoid modern disease we should eat like a caveman? Does our genetic code have the answer to fit into those slim jeans? Or is this just another low-carb fad diet. Well, there are some good points, and here is the skinny
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Caldwell Esselstyn started out life as a surgeon and went into preventive medicine- sadly his population based studies and conclusions have flaws in them, and his plant based diet thoughts will not prevent coronary artery disease.
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Pseudoscience cures abound, and the HCG diet is an example of how these scams continue. A combo of confirmation bias with lack of training in scientific method provides fertile ground.
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