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Examining the government’s food plate

By Jim June 12, 2011

"Faced with decades of explosively increasing numbers of obese people and diabetics the US government answer is to find a more effective way to give the exact same fat phobic advice."  Dr. Andreas Eenfeldt The United States Department of Agriculture has unleashed its Food Plate, a replacement for the venerable Food Pyramid. As you can see, it is actually a plate plus a glass and a fork, and darn colorful.  The general idea is to show Americans how to eat a healthy meal.  The U.S. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News & Commentary Tagged With: diets compared, Food Plate, low-carb, USDA

Recent studies confirm safety of eating lower-carb/ higher fat meals

By Jim June 12, 2011

Heart diagram

"More people should be considering a low-carb diet as a good option" --  Kerry Stewart, professor of medicine and director of clinical and research exercise physiology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and  Heart and Vascular Institute.  ("Low-Carb, Higher-Fat Diets Add No Arterial Health Risks to Obese People Seeking to Lose Weight," John Hopkins News Release, June 1, 2011.) Professor Stewart was the lead author of a study presented on June 3 at the annual meeting of the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News & Commentary Tagged With: clinical study, diets compared, vascular health

Diets ranked and raked

By Jim June 12, 2011

Rankings: 1. Low-fat diet 2. Low-fat diet 3. Low-fat diet

"What Is the 'Best Diet' for You?" asks US News and World Report.  According to the magazine'srankings, the DASH Diet is the best overall. Atkins and other low-carb approaches finish in the second-division.   Despite claims of a rigorous methodology, the rankings betray a conventional and increasingly suspect thinking about fat, carbohydrates, and health.  The usual low-fat/ high-carb approach wins because it is presumed to be balanced, healthy and effective.  But presumption is not … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Critiques Tagged With: Atkins, DASH, diets compared, low-carb, Paleo

Is the Dukan Diet “Atkins-like”? Not really

By Jim June 12, 2011

On Good Morning America this morning [June 1], Juju Chang referred to the Dukan Diet as "Atkins-like."   Her report was about Dr. Dukan suing for libel another French doctor who had bad-mouthed the diet. The Atkins people may feel that Chang has libeled them.  The Atkins website features a detailed contrast of the Atkins and Dukan Diets, the point of which is that Atkins is balanced and backed by science and Dukan is not.  A key criticism leveled in the full-text of the Atkins article is that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Critiques, Media Watch Tagged With: Atkins, diets compared, Dukan, GMA

Baked, broiled or deep-fried: how do you like your variables?

By Jim June 12, 2011

Deep fried fish and chips

Study: Baked, Broiled — But Not Fried — Fish Is Good for the Heart – TIME Healthland, May 26, 2011. Want a healthier heart? Try adding fish to your diet. But be careful how it's cooked, a new study warns: baked or broiled fish will boost heart health, but fried fish is probably better left uneaten. Heart failure risk lower in women who often eat baked/broiled fish--American Heart Association, Press Release, May 24, 2011. This study showed that the type of fish and cooking method may affect … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Critiques, Featured Posts, Media Watch, Science Follies Tagged With: cooking methods, fish, heart failure, observational study

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