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... over six months, 351 adults with high cholesterol were told at doctor visits to follow either a vegetarian diet, or a low-fat diet focusing on low-fat dairy, whole grain cereals, fruit and vegetables ... the study found that a diet of plant-based fat and protein such as soy, fibre, and nuts did better at lowering levels of ldl than a diet low in saturated fats such as low fat dairy ... in contrast, those who followed a more standard cholesterol-lowering diet reduced their ldl levels by an average of just 3%

... a diet that combines cholesterol-lowering foods may results in greater decreases in low density lipoprotein (ldl) cholesterol levels than a low-saturated fat diet, according to new research ... the study, published in jama, investigated whether consuming a diet consisting of foods recognized to lower cholesterol achieved significantly greater percentage decreases in ldl-cholesterol levels compared with a low-sat fat control diet over a six month period ... the researchers, led by dr david jenkins from the university of toronto, canada, reported that the use of the dietary portfolio of cholesterol lowering foods – which included foods such as plant sterols, soy protein, viscous fibres, and nuts – resulted in greater ldl-cholesterol lowering during the six month follow up, when compared with the low saturated fat diet – which emphasized high fibre and whole grains but lacked cholesterol lowering components

... synthetic fat substitutes used in low-calorie potato chips and other foods, such as olestra, could backfire and contribute to weight gain and obesity, according to a study published by the american psychological association ... the study, by researchers at purdue university, challenges the conventional wisdom that foods made with fat substitutes help with weight loss ... by feeding rats pringles potato chips - either full-fat or both full-fat and ‘low-fat’ olestra varieties - researchers noted that rats eating both kinds of chip gained more weight ... “our research showed that fat substitutes can interfere with the body’s ability to regulate food intake, which can lead to inefficient use of calories and weight gain,” said susan e ... the study used laboratory rats that were fed either a high-fat or low-fat diet of chow ... half of the rats in each group also were fed standard pringles potato chips, which are high in fat and calories ... the pringles light chips are made with olestra, a synthetic fat substitute that has zero calories and passes through the body undigested ... for rats on the high-fat diet, the group that ate both types of potato chips consumed more food, gained more weight and developed more fatty tissue than the rats that ate only the high-calorie chips ... the fat rats also didn’t lose the extra weight even after the potato chips were removed from their diet ... “based on this data, a diet that is low in fat and calories might be a better strategy for weight loss than using fat substitutes,” swithers said ... why would a fat substitute confuse the body? food with a sweet or fatty taste usually indicates a large number of calories, and the taste triggers various responses by the body, including salivation, hormonal secretions and metabolic reactions ... fat substitutes can interfere with that relationship when the body expects to receive a large burst of calories but is fooled by a fat substitute ... there is some good news if a diet is naturally low in fat

... reducing the proportion of fat in the diet could significantly reduce the risk of developing type-2 diabetes, even without weight loss, according to a new study ... the researchers, from the university of alabama at birmingham (uab) provided 69 healthy overweight individuals with one of two calorically identical diets for eight weeks – either a reduced carbohydrate, higher fat diet (43 percent carbohydrate, 39 percent fat), or a standard diet of 55 percent carbohydrate and 27 percent fat ... they found that after eight weeks, the group on the lower fat diet had significantly higher insulin secretion and better glucose tolerance and tended to have higher insulin sensitivity ... what is important about our study is that the results suggest that attention to diet quality, not quantity, can make a difference in risk for type 2 diabetes

... eliminating or severely limiting fats from the diet may not be beneficial to heart health, according to new research ... the study, published in the american journal of physiology-heart and circulatory physiology, investigated whether heart functioning is compromised in response to physiological stress, by evaluating gene expression profiles of rats fed high dietary fat after a heart attack ... the research team, from case western reserve university school of medicine, usa, demonstrated that a high-fat diet improved overall cardiac mechanical function (the heart’s ability to pump) and was accompanied by cardiac insulin resistance ... “high fat feeding-induced alterations in gene expression related to energy metabolism and specific signaling pathways revealed promising targets through which high saturated fat potentially mediates cardioprotection,” said the researchers, led by dr margaret chandler, assistant professor of physiology and biophysics at case western

... dairy products have become a target for food policy makers eager to put their populations on a low-fat diet but there is some debate about how best to achieve this and whether it is really desirable ... change the diet of the cow to give people a healthier dairy diet the food standards agency (fsa) in the uk has been campaigning to persuade people to switch to one per cent fat milk ... 7 per cent fat and skimmed at 0 ... because milk is so widely and regularly drunk in the country, a widespread shift towards lower fat milk options would make a big difference to overall fat intake ... for someone drinking two litres of milk a week, the fsa says switching from semi skimmed to one per cent milk would result in a reduction in fat consumption of 20g a week ... but there is some debate as to whether this is the best way to improve the fat composition of dairy products or even whether it is the best strategy for reducing fat in the diet ... fats certainly have a high calorific load and reducing them in the diet could play a key role in tackling obesity and poor health ... back to the farm simply cutting the fat out of dairy products may therefore not be the best way to make them healthier and improve public health ... manipulating the fat profile of dairy by reducing unhealthy saturated fat content and keeping or even upping the beneficial fat content could be a better strategy ... geoff talbot, an independent fat consultant, told this publication that this is hard to achieve at a processing level ... he said it is possible to blend milk fat with unsaturated vegetable fats but then you could end up with dairy analogues that cannot be called dairy products ... instead the fat expert said the most promising approach is to go back to the farmyard and try and control the fatty acid content of milk by adjusting what cows eat

... drugs can`t fix heart diseasethe typical patient diagnosed with heart disease is placed on a low fat diet and given a handful of medications including statins ... similarly, a low fat diet perpetuates and worsens heart disease as it triggers continual blood sugar surges and high triglycerides ... correcting the real cause of heart diseasethe results of the epic study published in the archives of internal medicine demonstrate that changes in diet could lower the risk of a heart attack by 81% through inflammation reduction and lowering blood pressure ... omega-3 fat deficiency: our modern diet is virtually void of health-sustaining omega-3 fats that have been a part of the human diet for countless generations ... include tuna, salmon, sardines, nuts and seeds to balance your fat ratio or include a high potency fish oil supplement ... most of these deaths can be prevented by following a natural diet and adopting a healthy lifestyle ... about the authorjohn phillip is a health researcher and author who writes regularly on the cutting edge use of diet, lifestyle modifications and targeted supplementation to enhance and improve the quality and length of life ... john is the author of 'your healthy weight loss plan', a comprehensive ebook explaining how to use diet, exercise, mind and targeted supplementation to achieve your weight loss goal

... past research has shown that as long as you burn more calories than you eat, you can slim down in the short term no matter what diet you try ... the adults had already lost on average 24 pounds after two months on a low-fat diet and the researchers thought getting their family involved would help keep them on track ... the fifth was a control diet consisting of moderate protein, but no limit on carbs ... fewer adults on the high-protein, low-carb diet dropped out of the study, suggesting that they were able to stick with it ... with a higher protein diet, "you don't need to tell people that they should eat less ... various food makers and diet companies donated food and products ... "a diet that could effectively prevent weight regain over the long term would have major public health significance," they wrote

... the method by which dietary trans fats cause hardening of the arteries (atherosclerosis) may have been identified by a new study on mice fed a high trans fat diet ... the findings of the study reinforce recent moves by industry to move away from the use of trans fats after studies linked the predominantly man-made fat with a range of health problems ... “our demonstration that suppression of tgf-beta responsiveness (in aortic endothelium and possibly in other tissues) caused by dietary trans fats is likely to have important implications in other trans fat-related diseases and disorders,” stated the researchers, led by dr ... trans fat risk though trace amounts of trans fats are found naturally, in dairy and meats, the vast majority are formed during the partial hydrogenation of vegetable oil (phvo) that converts the oil into semi-solids for a variety of food applications

... mainstream medicine is quick to prescribe a low fat diet and drugs as a remedy, while natural diet and powerful nutrients provide a solution with no dangerous side effects ... low fat diet and drugs perpetuate high blood pressure, heart diseasepatients diagnosed with coronary artery disease (cad) are routinely prescribed a low fat, high carbohydrate diet and a cocktail of drugs including ace inhibitors, beta blockers and diuretics to lower elevated blood pressure ... the low fat diet eliminates potentially heart friendly omega-3 and monounsaturated fats ... eating a diet along the lines of our evolutionary ancestors confers extraordinary protection from hypertension ... many people find that when they totally eliminate all the processed junk food and substitute with a diet of natural organic vegetables, nuts, seeds and grass fed meats, extra weight drops quickly and blood pressure normalizes with no further intervention ... high blood pressure can be controlled by natural diet and targeted supplements ... about the authorjohn phillip is a health researcher and author who writes regularly on the cutting edge use of diet, lifestyle modifications and targeted supplementation to enhance and improve the quality and length of life ... john is the author of 'your healthy weight loss plan', a comprehensive ebook explaining how to use diet, exercise, mind and targeted supplementation to achieve your weight loss goal