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High-carb, low-fat diets associated with increased risk of early death

By Jim August 30, 2017

A major new study has found an association between low-fat diets and an increased risk of premature death. The large epidemiological cohort study, published in The Lancet, followed more than 135,000 people in 18 countries around the world to uncover the relationship between dietary macro-nutrients and cardiovascular disease and mortality.  High, middle, and low-income groups were included. The researchers documented nearly 5,800 deaths and 4,800 major cardiovascular disease events in the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Posts, News & Commentary Tagged With: cardiovascular disease, conventional diet wisdom, death, low-carb, observational study, war on fat

Whole grain consumption and/or many other factors may help you live longer

By Jim March 26, 2015

From the headlines, you'd think that just eating more whole grain would enable you to live to a very ripe old age. "Eat Whole Grains For A Long Life, New Study Says" (Forbes). "Fiber From Whole Grains Linked To Longer Life" (Huffington Post) "More Whole Grains May Boost Life Span" (WebMD) It turns out that things are more complicated than the headlines. There are many factors determining when you bid the world good-bye, with how much whole grain you chewed your way through possibly being … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Critiques, Media Watch, Science Follies Tagged With: death, diet, inflammation, observational study, Paleo, whole grain

Can watching TV kill you? What if you just listen?

By Jim June 15, 2011

The web is vibrating today with the news (loosely speaking) that TV viewing can kill you.  This is not a metaphoric brain-death that we are talking about here, folks; it is actual, stone-cold, stick-you-in-the-ground death.  Consider the following headlines gleaned this morning from a variety of online media sources via Google News: Too Much TV Linked With Disease and Early Death Alice Park, Time Healthland. TV Time Linked to Diabetes, Death, Crystal Phend, ABC News. TV gives you diabetes and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Critiques, Media Watch Tagged With: death, diabetes, exercise, health, heart disease, JAMA, TV viewing

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