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Nutritional News — 2007
3 November 2007
Does eating red meat really cause cancer? On 31 October, the news media
reported a huge study which came to the conclusion that eating red meat and putting on weight increased cancer risk. But just how much truth is there in it?
5 October 2007
Pregnant mother's low cholesterol can damage her baby.
We know that there are many adverse effects in people
with low levels of
cholesterol. This new study shows that offspring can
also be damaged.
17 September 2007
Men who smoke have better outcomes after a stroke
A new study finds that men who smoke have better
outcomes after
atherosclerotic stroke than men who have never smoked.
11 September 2007
Doctors refuse to accept statins' side effects.
The British government recently recommended that
everyone over the age of 50
should be given statin drugs. Statins are drugs used to
lower cholesterol and
are "remarkably safe" and with few side effects. But
are they?
Could it be that the
reason they are considered to be so safe and
side-effect free is because
doctors simply refuse to believe their patients when
those patients report side
effects.
10 September 2007
A bottle of red wine is better than a statin for your heart
And it's a lot
healthier and more enjoyable to take!
Starch-rich diet increases risk for breast cancer
Another study finds
that eating bread, etc, increases breast cancer risk,
while eating meat reduces
the risk.
8 June 2007
Over 110 years old and still going strong
Just two days apart, George Rene Francis in Sacramento, California, USA and Europe's oldest man, Henry Allingham, celebrated their 110th and 111th birthdays respectively – despite living 'unhealthily'. But is their lifestyle really unhealthy? Or have we got it wrong?
6 June 2007
Skimmed Milk -- Straight From The Cow
New Zealand scientists have discovered that some cows have genes that give them a natural ability to produce skimmed milk and plan to breed herds of milkers producing only skimmed milk.
6 June 2007
Commercial bias in medical research:
Which cholesterol-lowering statin is best? Your guess is as good as mine, as study findings depend on who has funded the research.
30 May 2007
Men and women who eat the most fat have the lowest death rates
27 May 2007
Caution: Some soft drinks may seriously harm your health
Sodium benzoate, a chemical found in a very wide range of foods, may increase cancer risk.
