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Fat Advantage: 61% Lower Rates of Metabolic Syndrome in High Fat, 101% Higher Rates in Low Fat Dairy Lovers

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"Got milk" is not the question health conscious supermen and -women should pose. "Got full fat milk, fermented dairy and cheese" is the line to remember (the original image was part of the "Got Milk Campaign") While diet fads come and go, the advice the wise (not seldom obese or otherwise sick) experts on the boards and panels of our well-meaning governments is calling "dietary recommendations" is about as resistant to reform as the dreaded MSRA strains are to the antibiotics doctors are throwing at you whenever you sneeze. Against that background the recent trend we are seeing with respect to an increase in the recommended amount of dietary protein does almost amount to a quantum leap; a leap with a significant caveat, however. A fat caveat, so to say: " A healthy diet includes [...] lean meats, poultry, fish, beans and fat-free or low-fat dairy products " (NIH. 2012). Luckily, you as a SuppVersity reader do not have to rely ...

Low Carb or Low Fat Equally Effective in Weight Loss, BUT Only Low Carb Favorably Changes in Cardovascular Disease

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A paper by Foster et.al. ( Foster. 2010 ) in the Annals of Internal Medicine reviews the outcomes of a 2-years dietary intervention employing low carb vs. low fat diets. Fig. 1: Predicted absolute mean change in body weight for participants in the low-fat and low-carbohydrate diet groups, based on a random-effects linear model. ( Foster. 2010. Fig.2 ) The interesting result, which is also clearly visible in the data shown in Fig. 1 was that there were no differences in weight, body composition, or bone mineral density between the groups at any time point . ( Foster. 2010 ) Although the low carb dieters reported overall more side effects (esp. in the course of the first 6 months) the low carb diet delivered favorable changes in cardivascular disease which have not been observed in the group of the low-fat dieters: During the first 6 months, the low-carbohydrate diet group had greater reductions in diastolic blood pressure, triglyceride levels, and very-low-density lipoprotein ...
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