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Behind the Headlines on Low-Fat Diet Study
Despite the headlines, the latest findings on dietary fat don’t mean you should give up on watching the fat in your food. True, the widely reported $415 million government study, the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) Dietary Modification Trial, generally failed to find benefits from a low-fat diet against breast and colon cancer or cardiovascular disease. But that doesn’t mean, as a New York Times editorial opined, “The more we learn about nutrition, the less we seem to know.”
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Beauty fruit? Researchers are investigating whether antioxidants in apples, peaches and plums could improve the texture and tone of your skin.
Ask Tufts Experts
- In your January issue you state that “yogurt, while a good source of calcium, doesn’t deliver the vitamin D benefit that milk does.” This has me puzzled. I make yogurt regularly from skim milk with added dry milk, both of which have added vitamin D. Why would the yogurt not deliver the vitamin D benefit that milk does?
- Often you extol the virtues of canola and olive oils, but grapeseed oil is never mentioned. I have read that it lowers LDL and raises HDL—unlike any other oils available. It has less saturated fat than other commonly used oils. Since you never mention it, though, I wonder if there are negative health aspects that I should be aware of?
Abstracts
- Dietary Antioxidants May Help Fight Macular Degeneration
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- “Five a Day” Reduces Risk of Stroke
- Heart Association Re-Assesses Data on Soy Protein’s Benefits
- Increased Vitamin D Intake Recommended to Reduce Cancer Risks