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That 33 lbs of cheese consumed by each American per year may be good for preventing diabetes? Yeah right.
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for August , 2014 Source: Say fatty cheese: Dairy products high in saturated fats may protect against diabetes Reference: Saturated fatty acids and type 2 diabetes: more evidence to re-invent dietary guidelines Differences in the prospective association between individual plasma phospholipid saturated fatty acids and incident type 2 diabetes: the EPIC-InterAct…
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The skinny on omega-3 fatty acids
Originally published in The Ottawa Citizen September 28, 2005 Our diet has radically changed over the past century, and with it the balance between two essential omega fatty acids, omega-3 (linolenic acid) and omega-6 (linoleic acid). An essential nutrient is one that the body cannot make for itself or cannot manufacture enough of on its…