One of the areas where we can shift our tastes slightly and make a significant impact on our health is by steering away from the traditional ground crops providing us with corn, soy, safflower and vegetable oils. Coconut oil research has now cracked...
The hysteria against fat has got out of control. In the US, Fat Free Food (F3) stores are springing up, with shelves lined with highly processed food containing virtually no fat. In the UK, too, m ...
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.
Your article ‘Essential fats’ (WDDTY vol 14 no 2) was rather confusing; the most important fact is the way coconut oil is produced. Many varieties are RBD (refined, bleached and deodorised)
Could you confirm if your comments, made in various editions of WDDTY, on sodium lauryl sulphate applies to all types of SLS? I understand there is not only an industrial,
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...
Coconut oil may be the biggest casualty of the bad press generated decades ago in response to a series of misunderstood animal studies. It’s a shame, as 40 per cent of coconut oil is lauric acid, which is present in breast milk, but otherwise scarce...
In the midst of the ‘good’ fats vs ‘bad’ fats debate, opt to take the most sensible middle road.