monounsaturated fat – Zoë Harcombe

Macronutrients Newsletter Public Health

SACN report on saturated fat

May 14, 2018May 15, 2018 Zoë 2 Comments cardiovascular disease, coronary heart disease, epidemiology, member, monounsaturated fat, polyunsaturated fat, randomised control trial, saturated fat

Saturated fat is under the spotlight at the moment. Between February 28th and March 30th 2018, the US dietary guidelines

Heart Disease Newsletter

Plant sterols lower cholesterol but increase risk of heart disease

April 30, 2018March 21, 2019 Zoë 0 Comments heart disease, member, monounsaturated fat, plant sterols, polyunsaturated fat, saturated fat

In last week’s newsletter we noted that the original dietary fat trials did not support the introduction of the dietary

Macronutrients Red Meat

Saturated fat

January 21, 2018January 27, 2018 Zoë 24 Comments dietary fat, dietary guidelines, monounsaturated fat, olive oil, polyunsaturated fat, saturated fat

Here’s a slide that I present during some presentations e.g. here 10 mins in. It makes a few points: 1)

Food Companies Heart Disease Newsletter

Soybean heart healthy claim

October 2, 2017December 23, 2017 Zoë 1 Comment Cholesterol, coronary heart disease, member, monounsaturated fat, polyunsaturated fat, saturated fat, soybean

Many thanks to Sally Fallon Morell for this week’s topic. Sally sent me notification of a recent FDA (U.S. Food

Heart Disease Newsletter Public Health

The PURE study

September 4, 2017September 4, 2017 Zoë 3 Comments carbohydrate, dietary fat, epidemiology, member, monounsaturated fat, polyunsaturated fat, saturated fat

Did you ever think you’d wake up to the headline “Low-fat diets could increase the risk of an early death:

Types of fat

May 12, 2016January 13, 2018 Zoë 30 Comments dietary fat, monounsaturated fat, polyunsaturated fat, saturated fat

There are three different types of natural fat. The chemical structure of fat is shown below with three examples of the

Academic Research Newsletter Other Foods

If you think 10g of nuts will extend your life, you really are nuts!

June 15, 2015August 18, 2016 Zoë 0 Comments cancer, cardiovascular disease, epidemiology, member, monounsaturated fat, mortality, nuts, polyunsaturated fat, saturated fat

On Thursday 11th June (2015), we woke up to the headline “Nuts protect against early death”. The headlines came from

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Saturated Fat has naff all to do with heart disease

March 24, 2014July 31, 2016 Zoë 0 Comments association, heart disease, member, monounsaturated fat, polyunsaturated fat, saturated fat, trans fats

That was almost the headline on Tuesday 18th March 2014. The Telegraph went with “No link found between saturated fat

Food Companies Heart Disease Macronutrients Newsletter Public Health

Why the Australian Heart Foundation won’t have evidence against saturated fat

September 27, 2013October 18, 2018 Zoë 23 Comments Australian Heart Foundation, Butter, carbohydrates, dietary fat, dietary guidelines, evidence against fat, monounsaturated fat, obesity epidemic, polyunsaturated fat, protein, saturated fat

I ended this blog suggesting that we all need to demand evidence for the nutritional nonsense that we hear on

Academic Research Macronutrients Other Foods Women's Health

Avocado diet ‘triples chance of success’ for couples undergoing IVF

July 6, 2012October 18, 2018 Zoë 6 Comments avocados, dietary fat, eat real food, harvard school of public health, IVF, monounsaturated fat, olive oil, polyunsaturated fat, Professor Jorge Chavarro, saturated fat

So announced the media headline on 4th July. The study was presented at the European Society of Human Reproduction and

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