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Saturated Fat, Glycemic Index and Insulin Sensitivity: More Evidence

thumbnail Insulin is a hormone that drives glucose and other nutrients from the bloodstream into cells, among other things. A loss of sensitivity to ...

Tropical Plant Fats: Coconut Oil, Part II

thumbnail Heart Disease: Animal Studies Although humans aren't rats, animal studies are useful because they can be tightly controlled and experime...

Can a Statin Neutralize the Cardiovascular Risk of Unhealthy Dietary Choices?

thumbnail The title of this post is the exact title of a recent editorial in the American Journal of Cardiology ( 1 ). Investigators calculated the &...

Saturated Fat Consumption Still isn't Associated with Heart Attack Risk

thumbnail The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition just published the results of a major Japanese study on saturated fat intake and cardiovascular d...