Did you see the recent TV programs 0n ABC TV's Catalyst show?

Important viewing about Saturated Fat and Heart Disease

If you missed them here’s another chance to watch these compelling programs...

Heart of the Matter Part 1:  Dietary Villains

Heart of the Matter Part 2:  Cholesterol Drug War

Dr. Michael Eades who was featured in the first program has much more to say on his website The Blog of Michael Eades These programs have lead to much reporting in the mainstream media as well as in the natural health community. So to keep you up to date with some of those developments here’s a short video from CNN on how sugar has replaced saturated fat in our diets and the problems this has caused. (This is a Flash-based video and may not be viewable on some mobile devices.)

British Medical Journal Report

The highly regarded British Medical Journal (BMJ), recently published a paper ‘Saturated fat is not the major issue’, which again highlights the problem.

Swedish National Dietary Guidelines reject low-fat diet dogma

Also in a latest report from Health Impact News, they advise us that ‘Sweden has become the first Western nation to develop national dietary guidelines that reject the popular low-fat diet dogma in favour of  low-carb high-fat nutrition advice.’ Now that’s interesting!

Ask a Naturopath at Mr Vitamins

We’ll keep you posted on further developments as we learn about them but as always, our Naturopaths at the Mr Vitamins are up to date with the latest developments and recommendations so do please come in and ‘Ask a Naturopath’ One final note is to re-iterate the warning that you should not change or stop taking medication prescribed by your doctor without consulting them first.