December 2009

Breakfast of champions (with 88 grams of fat!)

December 17, 2009 in Food & Nutrition, Myths & Truths | 50 comments

A friend of mine was observing me making my breakfast the other day. She's been hip to the dangers of low-fat diets and the benefits of saturated fat for some time now, but even so she was pretty surprised with just how much fat I was plowing into my smoothie. We thought it might be fun to actually measure the amount and do a full nutritional analysis on my breakfast. Here's the recipe: 1.5 ...
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Research update: carbs raise cholesterol & veggie oil associated with IBS & IBD

December 9, 2009 in Health Conditions | 10 comments

I recently came across two articles that I think you should read. The first is over on Dr. William Davis's blog, The Heart Scan. Dr. Davis reviews a study demonstrating that consumption of excess carbohydrate can raise cholesterol. Now, if you've been reading my blog for a while you know that normal LDL cholesterol isn't a risk factor for heart disease, right? So I am generally not concerned with what does or doesn't raise cholesterol. ...
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