Extravirgin olive oil may reduce atrial fibrillation – PREDIMED sub study
The PREDIMED (Prevención con Dieta Mediterránea) was a randomized primary prevention trial which evaluated extravirgin olive oil and mixed nuts along with Mediterranean diet. The study showed that it reduces the incidence of stroke, myocardial infarction and cardiovascular mortality. A substudy [Martínez-González MA et al. Extravirgin Olive Oil Consumption Reduces Risk of Atrial Fibrillation. The PREDIMED (Prevención con Dieta Mediterránea) Trial. Circulation. 2014; 130: 18-26] checked whether these dietary modifications had any effect on incidence of atrial fibrillation. Of the six thousand seven hundred odd patient...
Source: Cardiophile MD - July 5, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: Johnson Francis Tags: General Cardiology Source Type: blogs
Wheat Belly Holiday Recipes 1
At the start of their Wheat Belly journey, many people resign themselves to a life without gravy, biscuits, or pumpkin pie, having to make the best of holidays devoid of enjoyment and indulgence. Just eat your dry turkey meat and lettuce leaves!
It’s not true. You can indeed have all your holiday dishes. But we are going to recreate them without wheat, without other grains, without use of gluten-free junk carbohydrates (no cornstarch, tapioca starch, potato starch, or rice flour), with little to no added sugars, and no other problem ingredients. Minus all the undesirable ingredients, in fact, pumpkin pie, biscuits, a...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - June 30, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Source Type: blogs
Wheat Belly Holiday Recipes 1
At the start of their Wheat Belly journey, many people resign themselves to a life without gravy, biscuits, or pumpkin pie, having to make the best of holidays devoid of enjoyment and indulgence. Just eat your dry turkey meat and lettuce leaves!
It’s not true. You can indeed have all your holiday dishes. But we are going to recreate them without wheat, without other grains, without use of gluten-free junk carbohydrates (no cornstarch, tapioca starch, potato starch, or rice flour), with little to no added sugars, and no other problem ingredients. Minus all the undesirable ingredients, in fact, pumpkin pie, biscuits, a...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - June 30, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Source Type: blogs
Festive Red, White and Blue “Stuffed” Burgers Recipe
Fire Up the Grill
With the Fourth of July right around the corner you can show your patriotic pride with a full flavored burger dressed in red, white and blue! These burgers actually have a healthy twist with marinated grilled vegetables incorporated right in. I partnered up with Mazola Corn Oil to develop this festive recipe that uses Red pepper, White mushrooms and Blue cheese along with fresh parsley, balsamic vinegar and a heart-healthy marinade with Mazola.
You might not think of corn oil first when you think of heart-healthy oils. Mazola Corn Oil is the healthiest cooking oil for your heart, with more chol...
Source: Balanced Health and Nutrition Rebecca Scritchfield's Blog - June 30, 2014 Category: Nutritionists and Food Scientists Authors: rebeccascritchfield Tags: eating healthy food recipes vegetables bbq burgers forth of july grilling recipes Healthy cooking oil mazola corn oil Plant sterols Source Type: blogs
Add Liquid Gold for a Healthier Diet
We've been told for years to steer away from fat, but the right kind of fats—consumed in moderation—can actually boost your health. Here are five of the best oils to add to your diet as liquid gold.1. Coconut OilOnce thought to be a heart attack in a bottle, coconut oil has reclaimed its place as a tasty and beneficial oil. Just a few tablespoons can help the body to do the following:Resist bacterial and viral infectionsFight off yeast, fungus and candidaStabilize blood sugar levelsRegulate hormonesRestore thyroid functionIncrease HDL cholesterolStabilize weightBoost energy levelsUse coconut oil as a butter subst...
Source: Happy Nutritionist's Nuggets - June 24, 2014 Category: Nutritionists and Food Scientists Tags: Almond Oil Coconut Oil Cottonseed Oil Oils Olive Oil Source Type: blogs
Nina Teicholz’s Surprise: Fat is good for you
Investigative journalist Nina Teicholz’s new book, The Big Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat and Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet, is now available.
Nina’s eat-the-fat message fits like hand-in-glove with the Wheat Belly lifestyle. You will especially find her chronology of the historical blunders made along the way to the “low saturated fat for heart health” advice enlightening and liberating. It was, as she discusses, the low total fat and saturated fat mistakes that led us down this more “healthy whole grain” detour, the worst nutritional misjudgements ever made on a worldwide scale.
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Source: Wheat Belly Blog - May 19, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Fat intake Source Type: blogs
Surprise! Fat is good for you
Investigative journalist Nina Teicholz’s new book, The Big Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat and Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet, is now available.
Nina’s eat-the-fat message fits like hand-in-glove with the Wheat Belly lifestyle. You will especially find her chronology of the historical blunders made along the way to the “low saturated fat for heart health” advice enlightening and liberating. It was, as she discusses, the low total fat and saturated fat mistakes that led us down this more “healthy whole grain” detour, the worst nutritional misjudgements ever made on a worldwide scale.
I ...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - May 19, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Fat intake Source Type: blogs
Italian Sausage Frittata
Here’s a chance to showcase your favorite sausage.
Italian sausage is specified, but just about any variety of (uncured) sausage of your choosing can be used.
Italian Sausage Frittata Print Prep time 15 mins Cook time 20 mins Total time 35 mins Author: Dr. William Davis Recipe type: Breakfast Frittata Cuisine: Italian Serves: 6 Ingredients 8 eggs 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil 12 ounces Italian sausage, crumbled (uncured) ½ large yellow onion, finely chopped 2 cups fresh spinach, coarsely chopped 1 cup ricotta cheese 1 cup Portabella mushrooms, coarsely chopped ½ teaspoon sea...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - May 5, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Source Type: blogs
Classic Pizza
Yes, you can have pizza in a wheat- and grain-free lifestyle!
In previous versions of pizza recipes, we encountered difficulty in creating crusts sturdy enough to be held by hand. While we take every possible chance to bash grains, one thing they do have is gluten that confers the unique stretchy property of dough. We lost that quality when we reject all things wheat and grains.
So here we recreate sturdiness with a mixture of meals/flours with shredded cheese melted into the mixture. As you will learn, this creates a crust every bit as good but with none of the adverse health implications.
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Source: Wheat Belly Blog - April 28, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Source Type: blogs
Almond Cake
One of life’s better days.
Started with having both girls home for dinner. Add in daylight savings time and the first bike ride of the season in Central Park and life is pretty damned good. Then give me a sunny afternoon in the kitchen baking and I’m over the top.
This cake will put you over the top, too. From my fave old magazine “Pleasures of Cooking”, it’s dense and sweet but not too sweet due to a touch of lemon tartness and has a wonderfully chewy outer crust.
I made the cake substituting olive for vegetable oil, resulting in a slightly richer and denser cake than the original recipe. H...
Source: The Blog That Ate Manhattan - March 30, 2014 Category: Primary Care Authors: Margaret Polaneczky, MD Tags: Desserts almond cake italian olive oil Source Type: blogs
Questions about oils and scrubs
Alisa asks…Will cleansing oil method clog pores, thus causing breakouts? Do we really need to double cleanse our face daily (even with or without makeup)? Or is it sufficient enough to just merely use cleansing oil to wash our faces? 2. Can we use olive oil as a serum before applying moisturizer? Is it effective? Or should we apply it after moisturizer? Is it true that chemical/enzyme exfoliation is the best way of exfoliating dead skin cells? I was told that apricot or sugar scrub wasn’t good for the skin, whereas jojoba scrub was a better preference. Why? I didn’t know if there’s any scientific ...
Source: thebeautybrains.com - March 20, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Randy Schueller Tags: Best Source Type: blogs
Why We Shouldn’t Focus on Developing Alzheimer’s Treatments
Recently, The New York Times announced the creation of a partnership between the National Institutes of Health, 10 pharmaceutical companies and seven nonprofit organizations dedicated to the development of drugs to treat, among other things, Alzheimer’s disease. While at first blush, this five-year, $230 million effort may seem noble, the ultimate motivation for this seemingly ecumenical event is suspect.
Alzheimer’s disease affects some 5.4 million Americans, and according to a recent report from the RAND Corporation, costs Americans in the neighborhood of $200 billion each year to care for those afflicted. To context...
Source: Renegade Neurologist - A Blog by David Perlmutter, MD, FACN - March 10, 2014 Category: Neurologists Authors: gbadmin Tags: Science Alzheimer’s fat FDA Memantine NIH olive oil Vitamin E Source Type: blogs
