Dr. Fred Kummerow, who is alive and nearly 100 years old, was the first scientist to document the toxicity of trans fats. His work shows that it’s not cholesterol that causes heart disease; rather it’s the trans fats and oxidized cholesterol that are to blame.
A meta-analysis of 76 studies found current evidence does not support cardiovascular guidelines that encourage a low consumption of saturated fats. Saturated fat plays a crucial role in your body's development and day-to-day functioning for both children and adults.
The results of research published in April 2014 in the Journal of Medical Mycology demonstrated the benefits of using essential oils, mixed into a base of sweet almond oil and coconut oil, for treating Malassezia dermatitis.
Roundup Ready soybeans, engineered to withstand its own blockbuster herbicide, contain more herbicide residues than their non-GMO counterparts. The team also found that the GM beans are nutritionally inferior.
Based on his own personal experience, Dr. David Diamond found that the idea of saturated fat and cholesterol causing heart disease was not based on any real science and is a myth.
A study published last year compared two diets with overweight diabetic people. One group ate the standard recommended diet by the American Diabetes Association, which was a low-fat, high carbohydrate, restricted calorie diet, as per the USDA dietary guidelines for a "healthy" diet. The other group, almost in direct contrast to the ADA diet, was encouraged to eat a a very low carbohydrate, high fat, non calorie-restricted ketogenic diet. The results? The ketogenic diet group, although eating far more calories than the ADA group, lost more weight, and more ketogenic dieters reduced their diabetes medication than did the ADA group.
Previously, we brought you the story of a 74-year-old man suffering from Parkinson’s disease and his remarkable testimonial of how coconut oil changed his life. He took an online “straw poll” of other Parkinson’s sufferers and their experiences in using coconut oil.
This soft, waxy substance is found not only in your bloodstream but also in every cell in your body, where it helps to produce cell membranes, hormones, vitamin D, and bile acids that help you digest fat, and is vital for neurological function.
Compared with the older guidelines, new recommendations would increase the number of US adults eligible for statin therapy from 43.2 million to 56 million, with most of the increase occurring among adults without heart disease.
Why do one in seven women have breast cancer? One reason is the use of synthetic hormones in our food and prescribed to women. Another reason is statin medications.
