Food For Memory: 5 Foods That Age Your Brain

By Mehmet C. Oz, M.D., F.A.C.S. and Michael Roizen, M.D. for YouBeauty.com

A healthy diet is about more than keeping yourself fit and free of heart disease, wrinkles and impotence (yes, all are related to food!). It's about preserving your memory, too.

For instance, eating high amounts of saturated fat -- more than four grams in an hour -- can raise the levels of bad cholesterol in your blood, which can stick to your arteries, and, even worse, turn on inflammatory genes that result in those wrinkles, poor organic quality, and you got it, that gunk in your brain that makes your memory be less than it is now.

The same arterial plaque buildup from this saturated fat -- we call it a food felon -- that leads to heart disease is a major culprit for vascular dementia -- when the brain neurons become inflamed or don't get enough oxygen and blood flow. Inflammation and lack of oxygen (resulting from that donut or sugary soda) result in accelerated memory loss.

This gives serious meaning to the phrase "eating to forget."

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Poor food choices cause poor cognitive functioning: The eight southern states in America that make up the "Stroke Belt" also have higher incidences of obesity and and greater chance of dementia. Of course, many factors are at play when it comes to developing dementia, but lifestyle factors like a high saturated fat diet (from four-legged animal fat, two-legged animal skin, palm and coconut oil), coupled with little physical activity, are certainly big contributors to memory problems as well as wrinkles, organic decay and heart attacks.

A recent study of healthy adults and adults with mild cognitive impairment tested out the effects of two diets. One was the "high diet," which was high in saturated fat (at least 25 percent of the diet) and simple carbohydrates (glycemic index greater than 70). The other was a "low diet," which was low in saturated fat (less than 7 percent of the diet) with a fewer simple carbs (glycemic index less than 55).

Not surprisingly, the low (low in the food felons) diet improved or made the levels of three important markers of health better for you.

Firstly, this diet was associated with decreased plasma lipids (read: less bad cholesterol). Secondly, the low diet was linked with lower insulin levels. Current research is looking at an optimal insulin dose to help cognitive functioning in people with mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease.

Lastly, the low in food felons diet lowered CSF F2-isoprostane concentrations, which is a fancy way of saying it lessened the biomarkers of free radical injury, a signal of oxidative damage to, or damaging inflammation in, your central nervous system (the brain and spinal cord).

What does this all mean for the bigger picture? After just one month of the low saturated fat/low carbs diet, "visual memory" improved for healthy adults and adults with cognitive impairment. This was a small study of 49 subjects, but the implications have big promise for your enjoyment of life and brain functioning!

Starting today, what can you do? Look out for the five food felons, which are guaranteed to age your brain and body. We like to kick the felons totally out, but truth be told, the felons don't have to be exiled from your diet -- they just have to be put under very close watch.

Here's a quick review of how they can age you, so you can steer clear:

Comments

[Cool n Hot]

02:35 AM on 08/22/2012

Just 5 Foods That Age Your Brain. There are many many more. But would anyone like to know about one wonder herb, the Holy Basil that actually regenerates the neurons in your brain.
http://trackingphotons.blogspot.in/2012/08/holy-basil-adaptogenic-herb.html

[withoutaparty]

06:22 PM on 08/22/2012

Resveritrol? Drinky of the magical vine orb.

[withoutaparty]

06:25 PM on 08/22/2012

Note to self: Doesn't apparently improve spelling ability. *Resveratrol*

[wildisthewind]

02:13 AM on 02/01/2012

Well, what do you know.... Yet another study (British Journal of Nutrition, 2009) that found that the people who eat the least amount of dairy products had the highest rates of diabetes, and people who eat the most amount of dairy products had the most protection against diabetes!
http://www.hindu.com/seta/2009/08/20/stories/2009082050751200.htm

Of course, that shouldn't be too surprising considering the recent study showing that people who consume the most full-fat dairy are vastly less likely, (60%!) to get diabetes than people on low-fat diets.

The study also found that there is a clear link between the consumption of white rice and diabetes!

[I-US]

08:51 AM on 02/01/2012

Feel free to link to the actual study rather than a news article about it. Additionally, please note that even the reporter mentions that the consumers of more refined white rice were less likely to consume fruits and vegetables and whole grains. The article to which we are all responding also notes that refined grains are "food felons." It's that whole slideshow thingy and that claim that high consumption of high GI foods coupled with high consumption of saturated fat can be bad for us. And, finally, please note that there is nothing about the fat content of the dairy products mentioned in that article and that this article mentions nothing about your claim that T. Colin Campbell linked rice consumption to coronary heart disease.

[I-US]

09:55 AM on 02/01/2012

Actually, I'll link for you. From the study:

"We found that total carbohydrate intake was much higher in the present study (first quartile 294g/d; fourth quartile 587g/d) compared with that reported in Westerners (first quintile 162 g/d; fifth quintile 238 g/d) and in another Asian (Chinese) population (first quintile 233·3g/d; fifth quintile 321·9g/d)."

"This suggests that carbohydrate intake and GL may be independent risk factors for type 2 diabetes in Asian Indians. In the present study GI was also associated with type 2 diabetes; however, the assoc.ation was stronger for GL than for GI. It is likely that both genes and the environment, particularly diet, act together and have a cumulative effect on the risk of type 2 diabetes. Hence, in the present study, we studied the combined effect of GL and family history of diabetes in increasing the risk of type 2 diabetes. We found that while both family history and GL were independently associated with type 2 diabetes risk, the highest risk was observed among those subjects with a higher intake of GL who also had a positive family history of diabetes."

"the mechanism behind the inverse association between dairy products and risk of type 2 diabetes remains unclear. Components such as Ca, vitamin D, Mg, P and dairy protein present in dairy products have been shown to reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes and obesity."

http://journals.cambridge.org/download.php?file=%2FBJN%2FBJN102_10%2FS0007114509990468a.pdf&code=d696257483a339456cb278dbfe6e39fd

[wildisthewind]

11:03 AM on 02/01/2012

That is just funny beyond words. Are you seriously under the impression that that in any way contradicts anything that I said, or anything that the Hindu article said about the study?!?

Yes, the Indians eat more rice, and yes, the ones who eat the most rice had the highest levels of diabetes... that was the point of the study!!! And yes, the reasons for the enormous protection that dairy gives against diabetes risk are still not perfectly clear, although now that more recent research has shown that palmitoleic acid from consuming full fat dairy, such as that enjoyed by Indians, provides enormous protection against diabetes, that is a very likely culprit.

Again, according to the study, those who consumed the most dairy products were far and away the least likely to acquire diabetes, and those who consumed the least dairy were the most likely to acquire diabetes! And again, the inverse connection for dairy was even stronger than the connection for white rice, and the study left no doubt that there is a "clear link between the consumption of white, polished (refined) rice and the prevalence of diabetes."

You can try to spin that till you turn blue in the face, and it won't make any difference.

"But the biggest positive link was found in the case of dairy products. Those having the least quantity of dairy products were more likely to have diabetes; those who consumed the most had less chances of having diabetes.

[elcerritan]

11:36 PM on 02/01/2012

@ I-US: "the mechanism behind the inverse associatio­n between dairy products and risk of type 2 diabetes remains unclear. Components such as Ca, vitamin D, Mg, P and dairy protein present in dairy products have been shown to reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes and obesity."

Gee, thanks for picking out the quotation that actually supports what wildisthewind said. Do you not understand that just because the MECHANISM behind the association isn't clear doesn't mean the association is false or non-existent. Do you actually UNDERSTAND what you read? If you expect to have any "scientific cred" (pretty hopeless for you, actually), you're going to have to stop citing studies listed in the notes to things like Wikipedia articles and relying on what the Wiki text says about the actual research in those studies.

[wildisthewind]

12:33 AM on 02/01/2012

Hmmmm.... let's see... I-US claims that the above article has nothing to do with the effects of diet on brain atrophy, even though the article opens by saying that diet can increase the risk of brain atrophy, and most of the article is spent comparing the effects of different diets on the risk of brain atrophy!

But I-US has insisted that even though the above article opens by talking about the effects of diet on the risk of brain atrophy, and spends most of the article discussing it, it is off-topic and inappropriate to talk about diets that massively increase the risk of B12 deficiency, which causes brain atrophy!

Sooo, since the article has nothing at all to do with the effects of saturated fat on insulin sensitivity, that would make I-US astonishingly hypocritical for cutting and pasting a laundry list of links about the effects of saturated fat and insulin sensitivity, now wouldn't it? Or more precisely, now doesn't it?

[I-US]

01:01 AM on 02/01/2012

Hmmm...Perhaps you missed the paragraph wherein the actual findings of the study are mentioned? That's the paragraph that explains that the consumption of low-saturated fat and fewer simple carbohydrates led to lower insulin levels.

[wildisthewind]

01:09 AM on 02/01/2012

Oh wait, so it is an article about how diet affects brain atrophy after all? Just. Too. Funny.

[I-US]

07:49 PM on 01/31/2012

On saturated fat and insulin sensitivity:

“Epidemiological evidence and intervention studies clearly show that in humans saturated fat significantly worsen insulin-resistance, while monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fatty acids improve it through modifications in the composition of cell membranes which reflect at least in part dietary fat composition.”

--G. Riccardi, et al., “Dietary Fat, Insulin Sensitivity, and the Metabolic Syndrome,” Clinical Nutrition 23.4 (August 2004): 447-56.

“Insulin sensitivity and plasma low density lipoprotein cholesterol concentrations improved with the diet rich in polyunsaturated fatty acids compared with the diet rich in saturated fatty acids.”

--L. K. M. Summers, “Substituting Dietary Saturated Fat with Polyunsaturated Fat Changes Abdominal Fat Distribution and Improves Insulin Sensitivity,” Diabetologia 45.3 (2002): 369-77.

“Consumption of a Western diet rich in saturated fats is associated with obesity and insulin resistance.”

--Jong Sam Lee, et al., “Saturated, but Not n-6 Polyunsaturated, Fatty Acids Induce Insulin Resistance: Role of Intramuscular Accumulation of Lipid Metabolites,” Journal of Applied Physiology 100.5 (May 2006): 1467-74.

“Epidemiological evidence and intervention studies clearly indicate that the quality of dietary fat influences insulin sensitivity in humans, in particular, saturated fat worsens it, while monounsaturated and ω-6 polyunsaturated fats improve it.”

--A. A. Rivellese and S. Lilli, “Quality of Dietary Fatty Acids, Insulin Sensitivity and Type 2 Diabetes,” Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy 57.2 (2003): 84-87.

[I-US]

07:55 PM on 01/31/2012

“We conclude that butter increases the insulin response more than does olive oil, and large amounts of butter also increase fatty acid and triacylglycerol concentrations.”

--O. Rasmussen, et al., “Differential Effects of Saturated and Monounsaturated Fat on Blood Glucose and Insulin Responses in Subjects with Non-Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus,” American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 63 (1996): 249-53.

“Dietary fat has been implicated in the development of insulin resistance in both animals and humans. Most, although not all, studies suggest that higher levels of total fat in the diet result in greater whole-body insulin resistance. Although, in practice, obesity may complicate the relationship between fat intake and insulin resistance, clinical trials demonstrate that high levels of dietary fat can impair insulin sensitivity independent of body weight changes. In addition, it appears that different types of fat have different effects on insulin action. Saturated and certain monounsaturated fats have been implicated in causing insulin resistance, whereas polyunsaturated and omega-3 fatty acids largely do not appear to have adverse effects on insulin action. Given the importance of insulin resistance in the development of diabetes and heart disease, establishing appropriate levels of fat in the diet is an important clinical goal.”

--Jennifer C. Lovejoy, “The Influence of Dietary Fat on Insulin Resistance,” Current Diabetes Report 2.5 (2002): 435-40.

[withoutaparty]

06:26 PM on 08/22/2012

ZOMG. Hed asplode.

This is why I hate the nutrition industry...

[wildisthewind]

10:09 PM on 01/31/2012

And now for something completely different.... Since I-US loves recent studies so much, she will be pleased to learn that a recent study found that people who consumed the highest amount of full-fat dairy foods as butter, had a massive, 60% reduction in the risk of diabetes compared to people who only consume low-fat dairy. The only dietary factor connected to the level of palmetoleic acid necessary to provide that remarkably huge protection against diabetes is full-fat dairy. Not veggies, not low-fat dairy, and not even meat. Poor I-US...
http://www.medpagetoday.com/Endocrinology/Diabetes/24005

[I-US]

10:19 PM on 01/31/2012

Poor me. Are you kidding? I cited SEVERAL studies regarding saturated fats to your ONE study that regards the difference between low-fat and whole-fat dairy.

Here are several more, putting the total peer-reviewed studies linking saturated fat to insulin sensitivity that I cited to 13. Sorry, but your singular study that does not look at saturated fats vs. unsaturated fats.

“The risk reduction was related to the success in achieving the intervention goals of weight loss, reduced intake of total and saturated fat and increased intake of dietary fibre, and increased physical activity.”

--Jaana Lindstrom, et al., “Sustained Reduction in the Incidence of Type 2 Diabetes by Lifestyle Intervention: Follow-up of the Finnish Diabetes Prevention Study,” The Lancet 368.9548 (November 2006): 1673-79.

“These data support an inverse relation between incident type 2 diabetes and vegetable fat and substituting polyunsaturated fatty acids for saturated fatty acids and cholesterol.”

--Katie A. Meyer, et al., “Dietary Fat and Incidence of Type 2 Diabetes in Older Iowa Women,” Diabetes Care 24.9 (September 2001): 1528-35.

[I-US]

10:20 PM on 01/31/2012

“Our findings indicate that a higher intake of polyunsaturated fat and possibly long-chain n-3 fatty acids could be beneficial, whereas a higher intake of saturated fat and trans-fat could adversely affect glucose metabolism and insulin resistance. In dietary practice, exchanging nonhydrogenated polyunsaturated fat for saturated and trans-fatty acids could appreciably reduce risk of Type II diabetes.”

--F. B. Hu, et al., “Diet and risk of Type II diabetes: the role of types of fat and carbohydrate,” Diabetologia 44.7 (2001): 805-17.

“A higher intake of cholesterol and saturated fat and a low P:S were related to increased CVD risk among women with type 2 diabetes.”

--Mihaela Tanesescu, et al., “Dietary Fat and Cholesterol and the Risk of Cardiovascular Disease among Women with Type 2 Diabetes,” American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 79.6 (June 2004): 999-1005.

“An abundant intake of saturated fat has also been related to an increased incidence of diabetes.”

--J. Montonen, et al., “Whole-Grain and Fiber Intake and the Incidence of Type 2 Diabetes,” American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 77.3 (March 2003): 622-29.

“a higher intake of saturated fat and trans-fat adversely affects glucose metabolism and insulin resistance and thereby may increase the risk of type 2 diabetes.”

--R. Jiang, et al., “Nut and Peanut Butter Consumption and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes in Women,” Journal of American Medical Association 288.20 (November 2002): 2554-60.

“Most of the available evidence suggests that polyunsaturated fat is either neutral or beneficial. Total fat, saturated fat, and high caloric intakes leading to obesity appear

[elcerritan]

06:21 PM on 01/31/2012

The "study" referred to in this article is pretty useless if it didn't separately study the effects of saturated fats and simple carbohydrates on serum cholesterol and insulin. More junk science in aid of the "meat is bad" brigade, I'm afraid. Saturated fat does not cause arterial plaque or elevated serum cholesterol or higher insulin. What IS associated with these? Carbohydrates, and not just the simple ones.

[I-US]

12:21 AM on 01/31/2012

Yes, of course, rice is to blame for brain atrophy.

[wildisthewind]

01:31 PM on 01/31/2012

Actually, according to the reasoning of the above article, if you accept the data from Colin Campbell's China study, it is indeed. What Campbell usually fails to mention is that that study found that wheat and rice were the foods found to have the highest correlation to coronary disease. Since the above article claims that it is coronary disease that leads to brain atrophy, if you accept one you have to accept the other.

On top of that, the "high diet" that leads to increased risk of brain atrophy, discussed in the above article, includes simple carbohydrates with a glycemic index over 70, which includes several kinds of white rice. So yes, according to the above article, rice consumption can lead to brain atrophy.

Sorry to let the facts get in your way, yet again.

[I-US]

01:57 PM on 01/31/2012

Actually, you have thus proven incapable of proving anything regarding T. Colin Campbell's claims regarding rice consumption and coronary heart disease.

[I-US]

02:04 PM on 01/31/2012

And so you can check on the glycemic load of certain foods all by yourself.

http://www.health.harvard.edu/newsweek/Glycemic_index_and_glycemic_load_for_100_foods.htm

[HerrMonk]

11:42 AM on 01/30/2012

Just say any grain. I know it will upset your whole-grain-loving-Ornish-alcolyte-overlords... but come on...

[Terry S Singeltary Sr]

12:42 PM on 01/27/2012

Thursday, January 26, 2012

The Risk of Prion Zoonoses

Science 27 January 2012: Vol. 335 no. 6067 pp. 411-413 DOI: 10.1126/science.1218167

http://transmissiblespongiformencephalopathy.blogspot.com/2012/01/risk-of-prion-zoonoses.html

Thursday, January 26, 2012

Facilitated Cross-Species Transmission of Prions in Extraneural Tissue

Science 27 January 2012: Vol. 335 no. 6067 pp. 472-475 DOI: 10.1126/science.1215659

http://www.sciencemag.org/content/335/6067/472.full

more here ;

“which may prompt a reevaluation of the effectiveness of species barriers”

http://transmissiblespongiformencephalopathy.blogspot.com/2012/01/facilitated-cross-species-transmission.html

[elcerritan]

02:54 AM on 01/27/2012

I think Dr. Oz needs to read The Cholesterol Delusion by cardiologist Ernest N. Clark, M.D.

[wildisthewind]

12:04 PM on 01/21/2012

There is no compelling evidence at all to support Oz's claim that meat ages the brain. In fact, his claim that saturated fat is bad for the arteries has been thoroughly debunked by a comprehensive meta-analysis of the major research on saturated fat and coronary disease, which found that contrary to Oz's claim, there is no connection whatsoever:
http://www.ajcn.org/content/early/2010/01/13/ajcn.2009.27725.abstract

Conversely, there is a mountain of evidence showing that abstaining from meat massively increases your risk of brain atrophy! In fact, more than a dozen studies have proven severely elevated homocysteine levels for vegans and vegetarians, which is no surprise, because research also shows astronomical rates of B12 deficiencies among vegans and vegetarians. B12 deficiencies cause elevated homocysteine levels, and levated homocysteine levels massively increase the risk and amount of brain atrophy! Elevated homocysteine also greatly increases the risk of Alzheimer's disease, a form of brain atrophy.

The science is clear. If you want to massively increase your risk of severe brain atrophy, avoid meat. By avoiding meat, you will have a much higher risk of elevated homocysteine, which will greatly increase your risk of brain atrophy.

[I-US]

11:30 AM on 01/19/2012

The most common cause of B12 deficiency is the inefficiency of the intrinsic factor to absorb the vitamin. That would explain why according to a Tufts University study, 40% of the US population is at low to deficient levels of the vitamin. Considering less than 3-5% of the US population is vegetarian and of that less than 1% is vegan, that certainly wouldn't account for the 40% statistic from peer-reviewed medical research.

The medical community does not identify soy as a cause of "brain fog" because it doesn't recognize brain fog as a medical condition. In fact, research has shown that soy may have important neuroprotective benefits for the aging brain, especially women's. Obviously, that's soy in its close to whole form--not soy isolates that show up everywhere in processed foods. I'm beginning to think that some folks here believe themselves superior to over a billion people on this planet who have included soy in their diets for thousands of years and don't seem to suffer from mental incapacities.

One of the senior researchers for the meta-analysis questioning the link between saturated fat and CHD was currently challenged for his role as an advisor to the dairy industry, but even those researchers advise limiting saturated fats and express concern that some dieters may be replacing saturated fats with refined carbohydrates and excess sugar, which is also bad not only for those who may suffer from insulin-resistance but also those who then create a calorie imbalance.

[wildisthewind]

11:43 PM on 01/19/2012

Actually, peer reviewed studies have repeatedly shown that more than half of all vegans have severe B12 deficiencies, compared to less than one percent of omnivores. There is not enough vegan rhetoric in the world to even begin to spin those numbers. Here are two such studies:
http://www.nature.com/ejcn/journal/v64/n9/abs/ejcn2010142a.html
http://www.ajcn.org/content/78/1/131.full

And here is another study showing significantly increased homocysteine levels from B12 deficiency among vegetarians compared to omnivores. One of the main features of decreased homocysteine levels is brain atrophy!
http://content.karger.com/ProdukteDB/produkte.asp?doi=57644

And in fact, there are peer reviewed research has shown dramatically increased rates of brain atrophy from tofu consumption, directly increasing by the amount of tofu consumed!
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10763906

[I-US]

12:38 AM on 01/20/2012

The most common cause of B12 deficiency is due to B12 malabsorption from IF inefficiency. 40% of the US population is B12 low or deficient; only 3-5% of that same population identifies as veg*n.

But, certainly, individuals who do not consume animal products should take B12 supplements in the same way that individuals who do not consume non-animal products should take folate supplements, especially if they are women of child-bearing age.

In terms of soy and brain function, I thought I would update your source with the following:

“These results suggest that [soy] isoflavone supplementation has a favorable effect on cognitive function, particularly verbal memory, in postmenopausal women.”

--Donna Kritz-Silverstein, et al., “Isoflavones and Cognitive Function in Older Women: The SOy and Postmenopausal Health in Aging (SOPHIA) Study,” Journal of the North American Menopause Society 10.3 (May 2003): 196-202.

“soy isoflavones appear to have a positive effect on brain function.”

--Yoon-Bok Lee, et al., “Soy Isoflavones and Cognitive Function,” Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry 16.11 (Nov. 2005): 641-49.

“This double-blind, placebo-controlled study is the first clinical trial which demonstrates that Soy-PS has positive effects on cognitive performance in Japanese subjects with memory complaints.”

--Akito Kato-Kataoka, et al., “Soybean-Derived Phosphatidylserine Improves Memory Function of the Elderly Japanese Subjects with Memory Complaints,” Journal of Clinical Biochemistry and Nutrition 47.3 (Nov. 2010): 10-62.

[KristinNoelle]

06:29 PM on 01/21/2012

This highest rates of deficiency were amongst vegans who DID NOT supplement their diet with b-12. Most vegans are well aware of B-12 due to frequent ignorant criticisms from individuals such as yourself.

[FaunaAndFlora]

09:07 PM on 01/21/2012

The Tufts study looked at 3000 men and women, finding that 39% were in the low-normal range (below 258 picomoles per liter), with 9% falling below the deficiency levels (148 picomoles per liter). Katherine Tucker, who conducted the study, went on to say that it was important for people to get enough B12 from meats, poultry, fish and dairy products and for those who have problems with absorption to include supplements or fortified cereals as well.

[I-US]

11:45 PM on 01/21/2012

Is this just a post of general information? I certainly agree that people over the age of 50--regardless of their diet--should have a B12 supplement and that people who don't eat foods that provide B12 should also take supplements.

[Porfirio Mendoza]

10:00 AM on 01/19/2012

Be careful. Be good. Be in the know. Be watchful. Be in touch with your Doctor. And Good Luck!

[FaunaAndFlora]

12:32 AM on 01/19/2012

Methinks Dr. Oz needs to start keeping up with the science. There is no evidence that dietary cholesterol influences serum cholesterol. Studies have consistently found that those who eat the most high cholesterol foods have lower serum cholesterol levels. Likewise, there is no evidence that cholesterol levels have any relation to heart disease. It also seems likely that saturated fat has been given a bum rap and that refined carbs are the real culprits where heart disease, diabetes and cancers are concerned.

As for the brain, soy has been associated with "brain fog" in elderly and middle-age people. There is no doubt that a B12 deficiency can cause dementia in people of all ages, including children. The most common cause of a B12 deficiency is a vegan or (to a lesser degree) a vegetarian diet. For what it's worth, low cholesterol levels have been associated with suicide and other violent behavior. Those who have low cholesterol may also be more accident-prone.

[FaunaAndFlora]

07:03 PM on 01/27/2012

Re: "The most common cause of a B12 deficiency is a vegan or (to a lesser degree) a vegetarian diet."

What I meant to say was that a B12 deficiency is most common among those who follow a vegan or (to a lesser degree) a vegetarian diet.

[SanJoaquinValleyGrower]

11:15 PM on 01/27/2012

I was going to ask you to clarify, but...
I realized that if I just re-read what you said twice, I could figure out what you meant. Apparently, that's not the norm ;-/

[Styxtap]

11:31 PM on 01/18/2012

so much misinformation about saturated fat. your grandparents/ancestors ate bacon and eggs for breakfast with whole milk. They didn't get heart disease or become obese. Its processed foods that are killing us. Load up on saturated fat from healthy animals, but you must exercise.

[VPerry24]

02:47 PM on 01/20/2012

That is why the Cholesterol crappola is just that. Pushing pills like Lipitor, making billions of dollars, the cash cow for the Big Pharma. I always asked why someone with high cholesterol is not dying of a heart attack?

[yappnmutt]

05:21 PM on 01/18/2012

grass fed beef contains a lot of omega3 fats, the good kine fat.

everything in moderation with a lot of fruit and vegetables is the best, least complicated diet.