A high consumption of saturated fat leads to a 70% reduction in stroke risk

This post includes a summary of a study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology (2003) 157 (1): 32-39 and a recipe for pot-roasted pork in white wine with garlic, fennel and rosemary.Study title and authors:Fat and Protein Intakes and Risk of Intraparenchymal Hemorrhage among Middle-aged JapaneseBooks:Hiroyasu Iso1, Shinichi Sato2, Akihiko Kitamura2, Yoshihiko Naito2, Takashi Shimamoto2 and Yoshio Komachi21 Department of Public Health Medicine, Institute of Community Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki-ken, Japan.2 Osaka Medical Center for Health Science and Promotion, Osaka,...

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High fat diets offer protection from heart disease compared to low fat diets

This post includes a synopsis of a study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology (1976) 104 (3): 225-247 and a recipe for portobello mushrooms with beef and aubergine.Study title and authors:ACCULTURATION AND CORONARY HEART DISEASE IN JAPANESE-AMERICANSMICHAEL G. MARMOT and S. LEONARD SYMESchool of Public Health, U. of California Berkeley, CA 94720This study can be accessed at: http://aje.oxfordjournals.org/content/104/3/225.abstractBooks:Marmot notes that amongst men of Japanese ancestry, occurrence of coronary heart disease is lowest in Japan, intermediate in Hawaii, and...

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A massive increase in animal fat consumption is associated with a large fall in death rates from strokes

This post includes a summary of a study published in Stroke Vol 13, 574-581 1982 and a recipe for Moroccan-style roast lamb.Study title and authors:Secular trends in mortality for cerebrovascular diseases in Japan, 1960 to 1979H Tanaka, Y Tanaka, M Hayashi, Y Ueda, C Date, T Baba, H Shoji, T Horimoto and K OwadaThis paper can be accessed at: http://stroke.ahajournals.org/content/13/5/574.abstract  Books:The paper examined the death rates from stroke in Japan and the change in dietary habits from 1960 to 1979.   The study found: (a) Compared to 1960, deaths from stroke had reduced by over...

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High saturated fat diets associated with virtually NO heart disease

This post includes a synopsis of a study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition Vol 34, 1552-1561 and a recipe for coconut lime seared salmon.Study title and authors:Cholesterol, coconuts, and diet on Polynesian atolls: a natural experiment: the Pukapuka and Tokelau island studiesIA Prior, F Davidson, CE Salmond and Z CzochanskaEpidemiology Unit. Wellington Hospital. Wellington New Zealand, the Health Department, Wellington, New Zealand and the Chemistry Division, Department of Scientific & Industrial Research, Private Bag, Wellington, New Zealand.This study can be accessed...

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Has the rise in margarine and vegetable oil consumption caused the rise in asthma, eczema, and allergic rhinitis?

This post includes a synopsis of a paper published in the European Respiratory Journal 1997 Jan;10(1):6-12 and a recipe for fajitas with grilled pineapple salsa.Study title and authors:Dietary fat and asthma: is there a connection?Black PN, Sharpe S.Dept of Medicine University of Auckland Auckland Hospital, New Zealand.This paper can be accessed at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9032484Black notes that the last two decades have seen an increase in the prevalence of asthma, eczema, and allergic rhinitis in developed countries.Books:The review found this increase has been paralleled by...

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High animal protein intake is associated with lower blood pressure

This post contains a summary of a study published in the International Journal of Epidemiology (2002) 31 (1): 227-233 and a recipe for sausage n’ cabbage “noodles”.Study title and authors:Inverse relationship between urinary markers of animal protein intake and blood pressure in Chinese: results from the WHO Cardiovascular Diseases and Alimentary Comparison (CARDIAC) Study Books:Longjian Liu a,b, Katsumi Ikeda a, Yukio Yamoria and on behalf of the WHO-CARDIAC Study Groupa Otsuka Department of International Preventive Nutritional Medicine, WHO Collaborating Center for Research on Primary Prevention...

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Dietary fat is not responsible for heart disease

This post includes a summary of a paper published in the Journal of Atherosclerosis Research Volume 4, Issue 4, 8 July 1964, Pages 289-312 and a recipe for fatty beef brisket.Study title and authors:Cardiovascular disease in the Masai Books:G.V. Mann a, R.D. Shaffera, R.S. Anderson a, H.H. Sandstead a, H. Prendergast b, J.C. Mann b, S. Rose b, J. Powell-Jackson b, S. Moitanik b, J. Ol Monah b, S.M. Isaac b, Onesimo H. Msangi b, E. Frank b, J. Martin c, J. Lane c, I. Rasmussen c and K. Dicks cThe Nutrition Division, Vanderbilt University Medical School, Nashville, Tenn. (U.S.A.)This paper can be...

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Dietary bioavailability of zinc is higher from animal food sources compared to plant food sources

This post includes a synopsis of a study published in the British Journal of Nutrition (2011), 106: 237-242 and a recipe for portobello burger.Study title and authors:Relationships of maternal zinc intake from animal foods with fetal growthYo A. Lee, Ji-Yun Hwang, Hyesook Kim, Eun-Hee Ha, Hyesook Park, Mina Ha, Yangho Kim, Yun-Chul Hong and Namsoo ChangDepartment of Nutritional Science and Food Management, Ewha Womans University, 11-1 Daehyun-dong, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 120-750, Republic of KoreaThis study can be accessed at: http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=8307850Books:Lee...

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