The difference between saturated and unsaturated fats
Fats (triglyceride lipids) are made up of glycerol and fatty acids; these fatty acids are either saturated, monounsaturated or polyunsaturated. They have the same basic …
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Why fat blockers are bad
Happily we don’t see so much TV advertising for fat blockers now, but they are still around and promoted all around social media. They are …
One fallacy of the ‘Eatwell Plate’
The UK’s ‘Eatwell’ plate should be called ‘EatCrap’ plate. It shows an almost overwhelming misunderstanding of what constitutes a healthy diet. Here’s one of my …
Mail Fail
The Mail on Sunday (18 Sept 2016) have published an eight-page pull-out, ‘Think Yourself Slim’ and promised no forbidden foods, just the power of your mind …
Types of fat
There are four types of natural fat, saturated, mono-unsaturated and polyunsaturated and, less commonly, natural transfats; we also have unnatural transfats which are sadly far …
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Fats [Glossary]
Many fats are good for us and we need them in our diet. The term includes ‘oils’ which are fats that are runny at room temperature. …