What Doctors Don't Tell YouQ I’ve heard a lot recently about syndrome X, but I don’t really understand what it is. Can you please explain what the symptoms are, who is likely to develop it and how it can be treated? - AJ, Plymouth
The myth of low cholesterol being good for you has taken another beating. ...
In WDDTY vol 13 no 4 (Alternatives), Harald Gaier tells us that lowering cholesterol helps to avoid heart attacks. I think a lack of vitamin C is the real cause of heart attacks.
With every New Year, most of us resolve to eat better and to avoid all those goodies laden with saturated fats, from full-fat cheeses and butter to extra fat on our meat. These fats have long been condemned by governments and food experts as the...
The ghost of cholesterol has at last been laid to rest. In the cover story this issue, WDDTY panel member Dr John Mansfield has collated all the research into the nutritional causes of heart dise ...
Many of us could do with a major rethink of our daily dietary fat intake. For some, this will mean cutting back while, for others, it means reorganising our diets to eat more or different types of fats.
It’s a myth that cholesterol causes clogged arteries and heart disease. The truth is, no one knows exactly what the connection is between fat, cholesterol and heart disease, but there’s ample evidence that the public is misinformed.
Several cases of children born from assisted conception developing tumours have come to light. ... ...
The world of dietary fats is a complicated alphabet soup of names and numbers, and our understanding of how each type of fat works in the body - for good or ill - is far from complete.
* Have your cholesterol checked and switch to a low-cholesterol diet, if necessary, to avoid gallstone development.
