By Dr. Elizabeth Klodas Walk into a grocery store and just try to find a packaged food that doesn’t contain some sort of health claim (Reduced sodium! Can help lower cholesterol!) or isn’t adorned by some symbol or checkmark signaling that it’s a better choice. Difficult, right? You’ve probably even...
By Dr. Elizabeth Klodas A new meta-analysis contends that limiting dietary saturated fat does nothing for reducing heart disease events or for heart disease prevention. The conclusion is based upon a review of over 100 studies, representing over 75,000 participants. By sheer numbers alone, that starts to feel pretty compelling....
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