essential fats – Page 2 – Zoë Harcombe

Cholesterol Dairy Media Watch Other Diets & Books Red Meat

Why hasn’t my healthy diet cut my cholesterol?

June 30, 2012July 31, 2016 Zoë 113 Comments Cholesterol, dietary fat, essential fats, good health, healthy diet, normal cholesterol level, red meat, statins

Tuesday’s Daily Mail has a section called “Good Health” and the resident GP answering questions is Dr Martin Scurr. On

Academic Research Heart Disease Other Diets & Books Women's Health

Can Atkins diet raise heart attack risk for women?

June 28, 2012August 21, 2016 Zoë 18 Comments atkins, BMI, BMJ, cardiovascular disease, Dukan diet, essential fats, exercise, heart disease, height, low carb diet, low carb high protein, smoking

So screamed the headlines on Wednesday 27th June 2012. This was the full article in the BMJ, which was behind

Children's Health Food Companies Obesity Sugar

Dr Aseem Malhotra rallies Jamie Oliver, Steven Gerrard, teachers & doctors to fight childhood obesity

May 7, 2012July 27, 2016 Zoë 6 Comments childhood obesity, Coca-Cola, cooking in school, essential fats, fizzy drinks, jamie oliver, mcdonalds, Obesity

Dr Aseem Malhotra, a cardiologist seeing the consequences of poor diet and obesity on a daily basis, has become a

Cancer Fruit Media Watch

An apple a day does (not) keep the doctor away – more bad science

April 29, 2012August 21, 2016 Zoë 12 Comments 5-a-day, apples, bowel cancer, cancer, dietary fat, essential fats, fat soluble vitamins, fibre, five-a-day, heart disease, red meat

I love the Mail! I would have a fraction of the diet and obesity stories to comment on that I

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Red meat & mortality & the usual bad science

March 13, 2012October 18, 2018 Zoë 160 Comments essential fats, fizzy drinks, mortality, processed meat, red meat, red meat and cancer, red meat and dying, red meat and heart disease

The media lit up on the evening of Monday March 12th as a press release was issued about an article

Dairy Macronutrients Other Foods Public Health Red Meat

Denmark Fat Tax

October 6, 2011August 21, 2016 Zoë 22 Comments Butter, Denmark, dietary fat, eat real food, essential fats, fat tax, Obesity, olive oil, public health dietary advice, saturated fat, unsaturated fat

In March 2003, Denmark became the first country in the world to introduce laws to severely restrict consumption of trans

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Eggs & Prostate Cancer

October 5, 2011October 18, 2018 Zoë 6 Comments eggs, essential fats, prostate cancer, smoking

Yet another story came out over the past few days trying to demonise a real food. The Daily Mail ran

Academic Research Diabetes Red Meat

Red meat & diabetes?

August 12, 2011October 18, 2018 Zoë 9 Comments bacon, Diabetes, essential fats, hamburger, processed meat, red meat, statistics, unprocessed meat

There is an article widely reported in the media today (11 August 2011). The original research was published in the

Macronutrients Micronutrients Other Diets & Books Red Meat

The Vegetarian Myth – Lierre Keith

August 4, 2011October 15, 2018 Zoë 37 Comments essential fats, Kaayla Daniel, Lierre Keith, red meat, sustainability, The Vegetarian Myth, The Whole soy Story, topsoil, Vegan, vegetarian

This could well be the most controversial blog post yet – where do each of us draw the line on

Children's Health Conflicts of Interest Food Companies Macronutrients Micronutrients

Who’s teaching our children about ‘nutrition’?

June 17, 2011August 21, 2016 Zoë 14 Comments Balance of good health plate, children's food campaign, Coca-Cola, Coco Pops, conflict of interest, eatbadly plate, eatwell plate, essential fats, GCSE Food & Nutrition, kellogg's, school textbooks, studying nutrition

I came across a school book for GCSE in Home Economics: Food & Nutrition recently. As someone who has studied