1 of 5 Gary Taubes vs Dean Ornish – 7/26/2002
www.nytimes.com Men's Health: Saturated Fat - What if Bad Fat is Actually Good for You? www.menshealth.com Charlie Rose - NUTRITION PANEL 57:23 - 3 years ago Dr. Mehmet Oz, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center (GUEST HOST); Gary Taubes, Journalist; Dr. Dean Ornish, Founder and President, Preventative Medicine Research Institute; Dr. Barbara Howard, American Heart Association --- Transcend says: tinyurl.com Typically solid at room or body temperature, saturated fats are sticky and can cause red blood cells to clump together, inhibiting their ability to carry oxygen to the cells. Saturated fats can also cause blood platelets to stick together and form blood clots that can cause a heart attack or stroke. Reducing consumption of saturated fat improves the health of most people. They provide support to your cell membranes and serve as precursors to a variety of hormones and hormonelike substances. A middle of the road approach to saturated fat consumption is to consume about 3 to 7 percent of your daily calories as saturated fat. -- Don't Be Afraid of Natural Fat That's right, the kind that's found in a piece of meat, an omelet, an avocado, olives, or olive-oil-based dressing. Because fat alone doesn't raise your insulin levels, it has little to do with making you fat, contrary to popular opinion, says Valerie. High amounts of carbs coupled with high amounts of fat are the real culprit, she explains, since they stimulate the release of insulin, causing your body to store fat ...
2 of 6 Dr Greger: Why don’t vegetarian/vegans live longer? 2003
tinyurl.com Dr. Gregers Recommendations for Optimum Vegetarian Nutrition Vitamin B12 One 2000 mcg (or μg) tablet (ideally chewed or dissolved under your tongue) once a week; or at least 10-100 mcg once a day; or servings of B12-fortified foods (containing at least 25% Daily Value on the label) at least twice a day. Essential Fatty Acids Two tablespoons of ground flax seeds every day or two teaspoons daily of flax seed oil, in addition to avoiding omega 6-rich oils (corn, safflower, sunflower, cottonseed), saturated fats, and trans fats. Diabetics and pregnant or breast-feeding women should take 300 mg of DHA every day. Vitamin D North of Los Angeles or Atlanta, non-elderly white non-sunscreen-using adults who spend time in the sun can get away with ensuring daily dietary Vitamin D just during the winter. Everyone else living at such latitudes should include daily Vitamin D sources in their diet year-round. Sources include Vitamin Dfortified foods, Vitamin D supplements, or eating about a dozen dried shitake mushrooms or a dozen fresh Chanterelle mushrooms every day. Calcium 1000 mg a day for ages 19-54 via cups of low-oxalate greens, fortified foods, and/or supplements. Iodine If you dont drink milk or eat seaweed or use iodized salt, you may need to supplement your diet. Iron Menstruating women should increase their intake by combining iron-rich and Vitamin C-rich foods at meals and should get checked for iron-deficiency anemia every few years. Men should be checked for ...