"Veggies were not eaten for their own sake anymore.
They were a vehicle to eat fat,"
says Melanie Seder of her transition to full-fat eating
due to her romance with now husband, Kory. A low-carb love story.
In case you missed any of these newsworthy stories, here is a wrap on the best real-food-more-fat headlines last month.
- Doubling down, the American Heart Association reaffirms its counterintuitive advice to replace whole, full-fat food with refined, processed seed oils in this Presidential Advisory published in Circulation. Investigative journalist Gary Taubes parses the AHA's Advisory, and the actual science, in a quick but effective takedown. Meanwhile, a new meta-analysis by Hamley, just published in Nutrition Journal, concludes there is no benefit to replacing saturated fats with PUFA's, and adds, "the suggestion of benefits reported in earlier meta-analyses is due to the inclusion of inadequately controlled trials."
- Virta Health continues to slay diabetes. The VC funded firm, dedicated to reversing diabetes in 100 million people by 2025, shared some preliminary results. At one year, 82% remained in the trial, and body weight was down an average of 13.6%. WOW. Additionally, 97% reduced or halted insulin use; oral meds, excluding metformin, were reduced by 84%. 👍
- "'It's a disgrace' that so little is known [about diabetes drugs and their efficacy], said Dr. Victor M. Montori, a diabetes expert at the Mayo Clinic." That's The New York Times reporting on the failure of the medical community and pharmaceutical companies to study and understand the affects of diabetes drugs on patient outcomes, especially real endpoints like heart disease mortality. "'Daunting' is how Dr. JoAnn Manson, the chief of preventive medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital, describes the situation for patients and their doctors. She explained the options and uncertainties in a recent commentary in JAMA."
- TribuneIndia asks if the Green Revolution, emphasizing ample rice and wheat rations, is fueling a diabetes epidemic among India's urban poor. A new study in The Lancet-Diabetes and Endocrinology explores the evidence.
- The Gaples Institute reports on cardiologists and their nutrition IQs. A new study documents that few have adequate training in nutrition, and most spend less than 3 minutes per visit discussing nutrition with patients. Lead author, Dr. Andrew Freedman, adds "using nutrition as medicine is probably one of the most cost effective ways to treat disease but is incredibly underutilized by healthcare providers." Indeed.
