Although much of the early work on the link between diet and CVD focused primarily
on dietary fats and their effect on total and LDL - cholesterol concentrations, there are many other dietary elements that can operate synergistically to promote atherosclerosis.
I now go a bit easier
on the dietary fats than I was previously.
Remember, we are focusing
on dietary fats that our bodies need.
Carotenoids rely
on dietary fats for absorption, but most foods high in carotenoids are naturally low in fat.
The study that Ian Johnson cites in his comment piece
on dietary fats reported an association between the intake of saturated fat and heart disease and cancer (16 July, p 18).
The study that Ian Johnson cites in his comment piece
on dietary fats reported an association between the intake of...
Bioactive lipids in metabolic syndrome: Scientific literature review
on dietary fats and oils that help with decreasing metabolic disorders such as abdominal obesity, dyslipidemia, hypertension and insulin sensitivity that increase risk of cardiovascular disease.
In terms of overall fat consumption, we're ranked 12th on a list of the top 20 countries who eat the most fat, according to a recent research note from Credit Suisse
on dietary fat consumption and its health and market implications.
Johns and Oppenheimer note that Harvard's work
on dietary fat built upon the dominant nutritional paradigm of the era, in which sugar played almost no role.
Which is not to say that this lost study will change views
on dietary fat and heart health.
Research
on dietary fat intake shows that reducing dietary fat intake from ∼ 40 % to ∼ 20 % had a significant negative effect on testosterone levels (13).
Our current war
on dietary fat in America was led by dietitions and government bureaucrats who have no understanding of the hormonal impact of our food choices.
Despite new guidelines, the Nutrition Facts Panel still employs the outdated 30 % limit
on dietary fat, which Mozaffarian and Ludwig (2015) remark has been «obsolete for more than a decade» (p. 2422).
In the last 6 months, the New York Times has posted several articles citing studies
on dietary fat intake.
More importantly, the focus
on dietary fat is more likely a distraction to more significant causes of metabolic syndrome [30].
Such a consensus
on dietary fat and its role in heart disease — the most common cause of death in most industrialized countries — took place last year with the results just published in the March 2011 issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
The actual day may have been when a carefully constructed comment, almost an aside in the 2015 USDA nutrition guidelines, removed the upper limit
on dietary fat with the claim, «Reducing total fat (which really means replacing total fat with overall carbohydrates) does not lower cardiovascular disease risk,» adding that people should be «optimizing types of dietary fat and not reducing total fat.»
Although much of the literature has focused
on dietary fat and sugar as key stimulants of food reward [22, 23], dietary protein has also been speculated to elicit similar reward responses [19].
Depending
on our dietary fat composition, there is a risk of dementia or Alzheimer's Disease, but it can be handled by following a diet that includes food that is high in healthy fats.
Not exact matches
I'm not a dietician, but I used the «Recipe Analyzer» feature at http://www.calorieccount.com & here is the nutrition analysis I came up with using this recipe's stated ingredients: Nutrition Facts Serving Size 160 g Amount Per Serving Calories 422 Calories from
Fat 312 % Daily Value * Total
Fat 34.6 g 53 % Saturated
Fat 8.3 g 42 % Trans
Fat 0.0 g Cholesterol 0 mg 0 % Sodium 108 mg 5 % Potassium 310 mg 9 % Total Carbohydrates 28.6 g 10 %
Dietary Fiber 8.7 g 35 % Sugars 17.1 g Protein 5.4 g Vitamin A 0 % • Vitamin C 14 % Calcium 4 % • Iron 14 % Nutrition Grade B - * Based
on a 2000 calorie diet Nutritional Analysis Good points
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Fat Free Vegan Kitchen
Fat Free Vegan Kitchen by Susan Voisin is a low fat and oil free recipe blog featuring a wide range of dishes with an emphasis on whole foods and healthy balanced dietary choic
Fat Free Vegan Kitchen by Susan Voisin is a low
fat and oil free recipe blog featuring a wide range of dishes with an emphasis on whole foods and healthy balanced dietary choic
fat and oil free recipe blog featuring a wide range of dishes with an emphasis
on whole foods and healthy balanced
dietary choices.
We are very fortunate that in the last few years, the coconut oil producing countries have begun to wake up and not take for granted that the American view
on dietary oils, which states that saturated
fats are bad and increase cholesterol levels leading to heart disease, is true.
Nutritional information, per serving, based
on 5 servings: Calories: 264, Calories from
Fat: 21 % Daily Value: Total
Fat: 2.3 g, 4 %; Trans
Fat: 0.0 g Cholesterol: 0 mg, 0 % Sodium: 356 mg, 15 % Total Carbohydrates: 51.8 g, 17 %
Dietary Fiber: 13.7 g, 55 % Sugars: 12.0 g Protein: 14.2 g Vitamins and minerals: Vitamin A 143 %, Vitamin C 114 %, Calcium 12 %, Iron 26 %
(See: Study: Saturated
Fat Not Associated with Risk of Coronary Artery Disease, Coconut Oil and Dairy
Fat Healthy and Big Pharma Study: USDA
Dietary Guidelines
on Fats are Wrong.)
You can watch actual film footage of the hearings
on the McGovern Report which determined USDA
dietary guidelines towards saturated
fats, which still exists today, in this short video:
Depending
on the brand, powders have varying amounts of
dietary fiber and omega
fats.
The
dietary guidelines promotes the intake of vegetables, fruits, grains, low -
fat and
fat - free dairy, lean meats and other protein foods and oils, while urging limitations
on the consumption of saturated
fats, trans
fats, added sugars and sodium.
Yet,
on the other hand, they concede that a discounting incentive could lead to an «overall increase in
dietary measures such as saturated
fat, sodium, or total energy intake.»
They have begun to wake up to the fact that Western advice
on dietary oils, which has led to the demonization of their traditional
fats and oils like coconut oil, has been primarily political in nature, rather than scientific.
The documents point to efforts by the sugar industry to lay blame
on fat — in which the industry succeeded for several decades in making
fats we now know to be crucial to our health as the number one
dietary enemy.
The stars — based
on energy (kilojoules), risk nutrients (saturated
fat, sodium and sugars), positive nutrients (
dietary fibre, protein and the proportion of fruit, vegetable, nut and legume content)
We both had a strong dislike for the
dietary advice pushed
on diabetics, and the low
fat, low cholesterol diet pushed
on those with heart problems.
Nutrition Information (Serving: whole recipe, not including «vita - cubes» because those will vary greatly depending
on what you use): Calories: 331, Total
Fat: 11.1 g, Saturated
Fat: 2.3 g, Cholesterol: 8 mg, Sodium: 161 mg, Total Carbohydrates: 39.1 g,
Dietary Fiber: 7.4 g, Sugars: 28.3 g, Protein: 20.6 g
Nutrition Facts Serving Size 1 ounce Amount Per Serving Calories 173 Calories from
Fat 139 Total
Fat 15.5 g Saturated
Fat 1.4 g Cholesterol 0mg0 % Sodium 275 mg Potassium 183 mg Total Carbohydrates 5.7 g
Dietary Fiber 2.4 g Sugars 0.7 g Protein 5.9 g Vitamin A 0 % • Vitamin C 1 % Calcium 2 % • Iron 8 % Nutrition Grade B + * Based
on a 2000 calorie diet
Colour - Coded % DI (CC - % DI) system indicating the percent
dietary contribution of energy, protein, total
fat, saturated
fat, total carbohydrate, sugar, fibre and sodium as in the M - % DI system, plus the relevant colour - code applied for total
fat, saturated
fat, sugar and sodium, based
on nutrition criteria used in the TL system (Figure 1).
Monochrome % DI (M - % DI) indicating the percent
dietary contribution of energy, protein, total
fat, saturated
fat, total carbohydrate, sugar, fibre and sodium, based
on the estimated nutrient requirements of a 70 kg adult with an energy requirement of 8700 kJ, as outlined in the Food Standards Code (Food Standards Australia New Zealand, 2008); and
This study confirms what many other studies also show, that the USDA
dietary guidelines» advice
on fats and oils has been completely wrong for many years now.
Nutrition information per serving Calories 480; Total
Fat 15 g (Sat 5 g, Trans 0 g, Poly 2 g, Mono 5 g); Cholesterol 85 mg; Sodium 1290 mg; Potassium 1000 mg; Total Carbohydrates 47 g;
Dietary Fiber 9 g; Total Sugars 4 g; Protein 42 g; Vitamin A 998 IU; Vitamin C 20 mg; Calcium 190 mg; Iron 3 mg; Vitamin D 6 IU; Folate 79 mcg; Omega 3 Fatty Acid 0.11 g % Daily Value *: Vitamin A 20 %; Vitamin C 35 %; Calcium 20 %; Iron 20 % * Percent Daily Values are based
on a 2,000 Calorie diet.
Calories 320; Total
Fat 12 g (Sat 2.5 g, Trans 0 g, Poly 3.5 g, Mono 4.5 g); Cholesterol 120 mg; Sodium 810 mg; Potassium 520 mg; Total Carbohydrates 29 g;
Dietary Fiber 7 g; Total Sugars < 1 g; Protein 30 g; Vitamin A 172 IU; Vitamin C 4 mg; Calcium 108 mg; Iron 2 mg; Vitamin D 0 IU; Folate 61 mcg; Omega 3 Fatty Acid 0.3 g % Daily Value *: Vitamin A 4 %; Vitamin C 8 %; Calcium 10 %; Iron 10 % * Percent Daily Values are based
on a 2,000 Calorie diet.
The study's focus
on added sugars detracts from the issue of overweight and obesity from the real
dietary issue — lowering energy (kilojoule) intake from any energy source —
fat, protein, starch or sugars» said the Council's CEO, Mr Geoff Parker.
Much of the dramatic increase in diabetes in modern society can be attributed to USDA
dietary guidelines issued back in the 1970s that blamed heart disease
on saturated
fats.
A batch of 16 made without powdered sugar
on top — per cookie: 111 calories, 9.6 gm
fat, 5 gm carb, 2 gm
dietary fiber, 2 gm sugar, 3 gm protein
(See: Hepatoprotective Activity of Dried - and Fermented - Processed Virgin Coconut Oil) As the foundation of the lipid theory of heart disease and the prejudices against saturated
fats and coconut oil in particular continue to crumble, more and more research will validate the truth of what is already known by millions of coconut oil consumers around the world: coconut oil is the healthiest
dietary oil
on earth!
Effects of
Dietary Coconut Oil
on the Biochemical and Anthropometric Profiles of Women Presenting Abdominal Obesity: Compared to soybean oil, coconut oil is more effective for reducing abdominal obesity and lowering risk of cardiovascular disease when deficiencies in mono - and polyunsaturated
fats are absent.
We are continuously reviewing the latest information
on diet and
dietary fats and oils.
Studies
on dietary choices leading to obesity have focused overwhelmingly
on the sugar and
fat content of snacks, fast foods, beverages, and confectionery (67, 68).
The Australian
Dietary Guidelines recommend to «Limit intake of foods containing saturated
fat, added salt, added sugars and alcohol» providing information
on the types of these discretionary foods and drinks to limit1.
The effects of
fat and protein
on glycemic responses in nondiabetic humans vary with waist circumference, fasting plasma insulin, and
dietary fiber intake
It contains the five core food groups, plus healthy
fats, according to how much they contribute to a balanced diet based
on the Australian
Dietary Guidelines (2013).
Analysis based
on 4 servings (includes 4 large slices sourdough whole wheat bread), 4 servings contain: Calories (Kcal) 357.9 % Calories From
Fat 57.6
Fat (G) 22.9 Saturated
Fat (G) 8.3 Cholesterol (Mg) 358.9 Carbohydrates (G) 16.6
Dietary Fiber (G) 3.8 Total Sugars (G) 2.9 Net Carbs (G) 12.8 Protein (G) 19.2 Sodium (Mg) 237.0