As time passes and new discoveries are made, older ideas and concepts often wash by the wayside. This is certainly true for the health, fitness and weight loss industry.
Moderation in all things is a good health policy, particularly when it comes to your fat intake. Progesterone helps protect your heart, but you can help by reducing your intake of transfats – and your risk – by 40%.
Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women worldwide, and yet it is suggested that around 35% of cases may be preventable, through dietary and lifestyle modification.
Saturated and monounsaturated fats aren’t just implicated in heart disease and cancer but now are linked to a potentially damaging effect on men’s sperm
For a menopausal woman, a little bit of belly fat is natural, healthy and put there for a purpose, which is to make estrogen.
Teenage girls may not become overweight or obese but still be at risk
This is not a definitive study, but as most people in the West eat more protein than their body actually needs, it does indicate that lower protein diets could mean a lower risk of developing cancer and more research is certainly needed into this.