Cholesterol

Cornonary artery calcification

4 May 2021

I have been asked to repeat this post – hope it’s helpful. It’s been said that magnesium plays a part in over 600 metabolic processes in the human body and involves...

WHY YOU DON’T WANT TO TAKE CALCIUM

21 January 2021

WHY YOU DON’T WANT TO TAKE CALCIUM Calcium’s great for bones, but not for arteries! What you are told is that you need calcium for strong bones. Yes, you do –...

The Saturated Fat Myth (and cholesterol)

12 January 2021

Together with the sugar myth (that it’s not fattening), the calorie myth (that eating less calories causes weight loss), the cholesterol myth, the pH myth and dozens of others, comes the...

Let’s Talk About Cholesterol

24 December 2020

You’ve probably only ever been told that high cholesterol is dangerous. That it clogs arteries and that there is ‘good’ and ‘bad’ cholesterol. Not true. The myth continues with ‘saturated fat...

AMAZING AVOCADO – A TRUE SUPER FOOD

13 December 2020

AMAZING AVOCADO – A TRUE SUPER FOOD Who doesn’t love this phenomenal food? Just 100g gives the following in percentage of your daily requirement: • 14% potassium (more than bananas) •...

Gallstones in Weight Loss

15 September 2019

You may not know this, but you can develop gallstones while you are trying to lose weight. If you don’t keep your gallbladder functioning normally allowing it to expel bile and...

Sunflower Oil – Healthy or Unhealthy?

27 July 2019

I have written about Sunflower oil many times so here’s one more time. You won’t escape Sunflower oil if you live in the western world. It’s cheap, freely available and found...

Facts on Fats

18 March 2019

There is so much confusion today about fat but what we do know is fat is not the enemy. Here are some GOOD fats you can use for different cooking methods:...

The Truth about Eggs

23 August 2018

I have to say the thing that really upsets me is to see people throw away a valuable, nutritional powerhouse in the egg yolk, and eat the useless egg white. It’s...

Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) and your Thyroid

23 August 2018

Have you had a test recently for insurance or as part of a medical aid programme and been told you have NAFLD? You probably got (or should have got) a ‘fasting...

How Cholesterol helps your Thyroid (& Heart)

8 May 2018

This story starts with an unexpected main character so-called “bad” cholesterol. First we have to establish at the outset there is no such thing as ‘bad’ cholesterol. ALL cholesterol is good....

The Benefits of Prebiotics

23 April 2018

You’ve heard of PRObiotics – the beneficial bacterial population in our bodies, but what about PREbiotics? Prebiotics are found in certain foods and are essential for increasing and feeding our healthy...

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