Uncover the truth about health and nutrition with the collection of studies below.
These resources debunk many commonly held beliefs, offering a science-based perspective on what truly promotes wellbeing.
For your convenience, I provide the main result of each study here, so you won't have to read the whole study. Share these insights with your doctors, doubters, and anyone who could benefit from a more informed understanding of their health. I update this list weekly, adding new sources that shed light on the ever-evolving field of nutrition science - so make sure to revisit for the latest updates.
Let's dig in!
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Fat intake related studies and their main findings
1) Those in the low-fat diet group, that have a history of heart disease, had a 26% higher chance of complications
Extra info: this study was designed to definitively determine whether or not low-fat diets benefited health. The results were hidden from the public.
2) Reducing saturated fat (animal fats) in the diet and increasing polyunsaturated fats (seed and vegetable oils) increased the risk of death by 62 percent.
Extra info: it was a good quality randomized control trial examining men who'd had heart attacks and the effect of replacing saturated fat with polyunsaturated fat. The results were hidden from the public for 40 years.
3) Reducing saturated fats and increasing dietary polyunsaturated fats increased the risk of dying.
Extra info: this survey was completed in 1973 and was a gold standard double-blinded randomized controlled trial on more than 9,000 men and women in which a high saturated fat diet was compared with a high polyunsaturated fat diet. Just like the Sydney heart study - the results of The Minnesota survey were hidden from the public eye for approx 40 years. The results mirrored those of the Sydney diet heart study.
4) The weight of evidence does not support restricting saturated fat, and it is explicitly recommended that dairy meat and eggs be freely consumed.
Cholesterol related studies and their main findings
Those with the highest LDL levels lived the longest.
Collectively it proved the overwhelming finding that individuals with the highest LDL levels live longer. 16 of the 19 studies showed that the higher your LDL level - the lower your chance of dying.
One study in this systematic review found about a 50 reduction in the chance of death in the highest LDL group compared to the lowest.
Extra info: despite being published in one of the world's most prestigious medical journals, very few doctors even heard of it. This is probably because the findings effectively demolish the argument that we should avoid saturated fat to prevent an increase in our LDL levels.
This was a systematic review that included every prospective cohort study available to answer the question of what happens to those with high levels of LDL cholesterol. This study didn't involve any 'cherry-picking' data. all suitable studies were included. It included 19 prospective cohort studies with over 68,000 participants.
Statins related studies and their main findings
Result: Statin use can increase by 71% the chance of developing diabetes, and worsen sugar control in those who already have diabetes.
Sugar related studies and their main findings
High dietary sugar consumption is generally more harmful than beneficial for health, especially in cardiometabolic disease.
Result: Reducing the consumption of free sugars or added sugars to below 25 g/day (approximately 6 teaspoons/day) and limiting the consumption of sugar sweetened beverages to less than one serving/week (approximately 200-355 mL/week) are recommended to reduce the adverse effect of sugars on health.
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