If it has the "Heart Tick" or says "99% fat-free" don't eat it.
If you want to stay healthy, that is.Raisin Hell: A day late and a dollar short? - Australia’s peak ...: The week before last the Heart Foundation, Cancer Council and Diabetes Australia declared war on sugar. But before you break out the party p...
Time to get rid of that Heart Tick Olivani and get back to the silvertop full cream milk (Since I ditched the heart-healthy margarines several years ago and switched to raw full-cream milk, my body fat has dropped from 15-17% to less than 10% today with a corresponding increase in muscle and bone).
"Lost data?" Give me a break folks! More like we have been lied to for decades at the cost of ill-health and premature death affecting millions of people. I wonder who profited from the low fat-high sugar dictums that have completely dominated public health messages and even the education of just about every nutritionist educated over the last 30 years? Think statins, blood pressure, thyroid and diabetes drugs. Jenny Craig, gastric bypass surgery. The depression industry. The food industry (the more demand and the more processing of cheap grains, such as corn, canola and soy, the bigger the returns). Hmm... Quite a list if you ask me!
At the same time the handful of health professional who questioned the low fat party line were ridiculed, ostracised and labelled as misguided quacks.
By the way, I'll bet you have not heard the sensational news yet that the low salt health advice has turned out to be equally misguided. In fact a low salt diet may increase your risk of heart failure! Since bumping up my personal intake of Himalyan Sea Salt several years ago, my blood pressure has become strangely stable at about 120/80.
Note the date of the article that follows....
It will be interesting to see how much publicity these two new astounding findings receive in mainstream media and how quickly agencies, like the Heart and Cancer Foundations, change their messages.
At the same time the handful of health professional who questioned the low fat party line were ridiculed, ostracised and labelled as misguided quacks.
By the way, I'll bet you have not heard the sensational news yet that the low salt health advice has turned out to be equally misguided. In fact a low salt diet may increase your risk of heart failure! Since bumping up my personal intake of Himalyan Sea Salt several years ago, my blood pressure has become strangely stable at about 120/80.
Note the date of the article that follows....
New Study Finds No Connection between Salt and Heart Disease
Link between salt consumption and heart disease challenged.
By Ewen Callaway of Nature magazine July 6, 2011
A controversial new study is questioning the oft-repeated connection between the consumption of too much salt and the development of cardiovascular disease. The meta-analysis, published online today in the American Journal of Hypertension1, examined the results of seven clinical studies and found no solid proof that reducing salt consumption prevents heart conditions.
It will be interesting to see how much publicity these two new astounding findings receive in mainstream media and how quickly agencies, like the Heart and Cancer Foundations, change their messages.