December 17, 2009 in Food & Nutrition, Myths & Truths |
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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:
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December 9, 2009 in Health Conditions |
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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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