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Why Have Decades of Low-Fat Advice Failed Americans?

Real Food Houston Posted on June 10, 2015 by Carolyn BiggerstaffJune 10, 2015
Ignore US Dietary Guidelines

Join Houston Real Food Nutrition on June 28th to learn why The Oiling of America is a significant factor in our deteriorating health. The Lipid Hypothesis In the 1950’s Ancel Keys and other researchers “presented the lipid hypothesis as the … Continue reading →

Posted in Dr. Weston A. Price, Health, Healthy Fats, Heart Disease, Nutrition, Research, Science | Tagged chronic illness, diabetes, health, healthy fats, heart disease, obesity, stroke | 1 Reply

10 Reasons Cholesterol Is Necessary for Health

Real Food Houston Posted on April 16, 2013 by Carolyn BiggerstaffApril 23, 2013

Cholesterol does not cause heart disease, strokes, or atherosclerosis!  Sound radical?  More and more scientists, physicians, and researchers are admitting that the long time vilification of cholesterol is based on inadequate studies and misinterpreted results.  In fact, our bodies need … Continue reading →

Posted in Cancer, Cholesterol, Diet, Eggs, Fats, Health, Healthy Fats, Heart Disease, Nutrition | Tagged cholesterol, health, healthy fats, healthy foods, heart disease, nutrition, saturated fat | 1 Reply

Have you heard that eating egg yolks is as bad as smoking?

Real Food Houston Posted on August 19, 2012 by Carolyn BiggerstaffAugust 27, 2012

The big health/nutrition news this last week was about a study that supposedly showed how eating egg yolks is almost as bad as smoking. What??? The first account I read of the study was on Science Daily, and that story, … Continue reading →

Posted in Cholesterol, Diabetes, Diet, Eggs, Health, Healthy Fats, Heart Disease, Pastured Eggs | Tagged arterial plaque, atherosclerosis, bad science, cholesterol, egg yolk, eggs, healthy fats, heart disease, observational studies, pastured eggs, smoking | Leave a reply

Sugar is Slow Poison, says Dr. Robert Lustig

Real Food Houston Posted on April 4, 2012 by Carolyn BiggerstaffJuly 27, 2014

Dr. Robert Lusting is in the mainstream news right now because of his interview (includes video) by Dr. Sanjay Gupta on 60 Minutes last Sunday.  The story is titled “Is Sugar Toxic?”  Dr. Lustig, Professor of Clinical Pediatrics in the Division of Endocrinology … Continue reading →

Posted in Cancer, Fructose, Health, Heart Disease, Real Food, Sugar | Tagged cancer, fructose, health, heart disease, hypertension, obesity, sugar | Leave a reply

Why would anyone bother to eat just the white of an egg?

Real Food Houston Posted on February 21, 2012 by Carolyn BiggerstaffFebruary 27, 2022

February is Heart Health Month and many stories have popped up about how to ‘eat healthy’ to avoid cardivascular disease.  Unfortunately most of the articles have been written by people who have not been keeping up with the latest research … Continue reading →

Posted in Cholesterol, Health, Healthy Fats, Pastured Eggs, Real Food | Tagged cholesterol, health, healthy fats, heart disease, pastured eggs | 3 Replies

Warning! Women in danger of being overprescribed statins!

Real Food Houston Posted on January 31, 2012 by Carolyn BiggerstaffAugust 8, 2014

Don’t just read the headlines!  Don’t just listen to the sound bites!  There are many stories going around right now that seem to say that women have been neglected because they haven’t been given statins as often as men.  Who has … Continue reading →

Posted in Cholesterol, Health | Tagged cancer, cataracts, cholesterol, diabetes, health, heart disease, memory loss, statins | 6 Replies

Study Shows Low Cholesterol in Women Is Associated With Higher Death Rate

Real Food Houston Posted on October 28, 2011 by Carolyn BiggerstaffOctober 31, 2011

A Norwegian University study questions the ‘common knowledge’ that total cholesterol is a strong risk factor for heart disease.   The aim of the study was to determine the “strength and validity of total serum cholesterol as a risk factor for mortality as defined by current CVD (cardiovascular … Continue reading →

Posted in Real Food | Tagged cholesterol, heart disease, statins | 1 Reply

CSPI’s Advice is NOT in the Public Interest

Real Food Houston Posted on October 21, 2011 by Carolyn BiggerstaffJuly 3, 2013

The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) has long been an advocate of controversial food policies.  Since the 1970s they have attracted media attention to many of their campaigns.  Two reports brought my attention back to CSPI.  The first was … Continue reading →

Posted in Healthy Fats, Real Food | Tagged healthy fats, heart disease, saturated fat, vegetarian | 3 Replies

Analysis Shows No Association of Saturated Fat With Cardiovascular Disease

Real Food Houston Posted on July 29, 2011 by Carolyn BiggerstaffJuly 24, 2014

In The Washington Post online, I found a reference to an analysis published last year in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.  The objective of the meta-analysis  was “to summarize the evidence related to the association of dietary saturated fat with risk of … Continue reading →

Posted in Diet, Healthy Fats, Real Food | Tagged healthy fats, heart disease, saturated fat | 2 Replies

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