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The Low Fat Brainwash

By Andrea Maguire / 30 Apr 2011
Low Fat Brainwash

…weight – not the fat itself… Also processed low-fat meals remove the fat but replace it with sugar (read my blogs ‘Brain Food’ & ‘Sugar Sucks’) I suppose with adverts…

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The Low Fat Con

By Andrea Maguire / 18 Apr 2014
Low Fat Con

I’ve blogged a lot about how bad ‘low fat’ foods are (see my past blogs), so it was good to see Channel 4 Dispatches program – The Truth about Low

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Taking the fear out of eating fats

By Andrea Maguire / 3 Apr 2015
Organic Butter

…day. LOW-FAT = LOW-PROTEIN People on low fat diets typically avoid protein foods from animal sources because they contain saturated fats. This is not a very wise choice for most…

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The chemistry of fats – part 2

By Andrea Maguire / 3 Apr 2015
Fats-2

Understanding the Chemistry of Fats Ref: http://www.westonaprice.org/know-your-fats/the-skinny-on-fats/#hd The Cause and Treatment of Heart Disease The cause of heart disease is not animal fats and cholesterol but rather a number of…

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Fat vs Carbs – what’s worse?

By Andrea Maguire / 25 Jul 2016
Healthy food

…food and carbohydrates. Processed foods labelled “low-fat”, “lite”, “low cholesterol” should be avoided at all costs and people with Type 2 diabetes should eat a fat-rich diet rather than one…

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What’s in a name?

By Andrea Maguire / 25 Mar 2012
Food Labels

…under the same banner as above, are the ‘low fat’ and ‘fat free’ labels. Not because ‘low fat’ is not lower fat than the full fat version, but because of…

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