Men and women in the top one-fifth for consuming the most fat were 15% less likely to die over the next 26-32 years compared to the one-fifth of men and women consuming the most carbohydrates according to a study from researchers at Harvard University in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

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Men and women in the top one-fifth for consuming the most fat were 15% less likely to die over the next 26-32 years compared to the one-fifth of men and women consuming the most carbohydrates according to a study from researchers at Harvard University in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

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Men and women in the top one-fifth for consuming the most saturated fat were 8% more likely to die over the next 26-32 years compared to the one-fifth of men and women consuming the least according to a study from researchers at Harvard University in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

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When compared with the same number of calories from carbohydrate, every 5% increase in saturated fat intake was associated with an 8% greater risk of death over the next 26-32 years according to a study from researchers at Harvard University in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

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Men and women in the top one-fifth for consuming the most polyunsaturated fat were 19% less likely to die over the next 26-32 years compared to the one-fifth of men and women consuming the least according to a study from researchers at Harvard University in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

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Men and women in the top one-fifth for consuming the most monounsaturated fat were 11% less likely to die over the next 26-32 years compared to the one-fifth of men and women consuming the least according to a study from researchers at Harvard University in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

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Men and women in the top one-fifth for consuming the most trans fat were 13% more likely to die over the next 26-32 years compared to the one-fifth of men and women consuming the least according to a study from researchers at Harvard University in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

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Every 2% higher intake of trans fats was associated with a 16% greater risk of death over the next 26-32 years according to a study from researchers at Harvard University in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

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Men and women in the top one-fifth for consuming the most omega-3 fatty acids were 15% less likely to die over the next 26-32 years compared to the one-fifth of men and women consuming the least according to a study from researchers at Harvard University in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

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Men and women in the top one-fifth for consuming the most marine omega-3 fatty acids (meaning from fish) were 4% less likely to die over the next 26-32 years compared to the one-fifth of men and women consuming the least according to a study from researchers at Harvard University in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

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Replacing 5% of energy from saturated fat with polyunsaturated fat was associated with a 27% lower risk of death in men and women over the next 22-26 years according to a study from researchers at Harvard University in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

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Replacing 5% of energy from saturated fat with monounsaturated fat was associated with a 13% lower risk of death in men and women over the next 22-26 years according to a study from researchers at Harvard University in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

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In this video clip, Michael Eades, MD, author of Protein Power and other low carb books, tells about the Anti-Coronary Club Trial that was done in the In this trial which was launched in the late-1950’s men were assigned to eat a Prudent Diet group which reduced saturated fat and increased polyunsaturated fat and reduced overall fat intake and compared the number of heart attacks and deaths to a control group.

In this trial, men were assigned to eat a Prudent Diet which reduced saturated fat and increased polyunsaturated fat and reduced overall fat intake, and compared the number of heart attacks and deaths to a group of men in the control group who were not asked to change their diet.

After some period of time there were
26 total deaths in the Prudent Diet group
versus only
6 total deaths in the control group.

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People assigned to eat diets with a different composition of protein (15% vs 25%), fat (20% vs 40%) and carbohydrates (35% to 65%), but the same number of calories, lost the same amount of weight and same amount of fat according to a recent study from researchers at Harvard University. The average weight loss was 13.9 lbs after six months which was similar in all the diet groups, with 9.2 lbs coming from body fat, and 4.6 lbs coming from lean body mass (muscle) "with no differences between 25% and 15% protein, 40% and 20% fat, or 65% and 35% carbohydrate." Read the entire article | Email this article

"Among overweight women, for every one percentage increase in percentage of calories from trans fat, women gained an additional 2.3 [pounds]," notes a new paper from Walter Willett and colleagues at the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston, Massachusetts. Read the entire article | Email this article

The more fat a meal contains, the more calories people eat. This according to a study from researchers at University of Colorado School of Medicine in Denver, Colorado, USA.

When people consumed a diet containing 23.8 percent fat, they consumed an average of 2748 calories per day.

When they consumed a diet containing 32.7 percent fat, they consumed an additional 235 calories for an average of 2748 calories per day.

When they consumed a diet containing 38.1 percent fat, they consumed an additional 270 calories for an average of 3018 calories per day.

"These results show that energy intake increases as dietary fat content increases across the usual range of dietary fat consumed in the United States," the researcher concluded.

"Even small reductions in dietary fat could help in lowering total energy intake and reducing weight gain in the population." Read the entire article | Email this article

One study instructing subjects to eat a low fat diet found that those who were best at reducing dietary fat lost an average of 13 pounds, while those who were least compliant lost an average of only 2 pounds according to obesity researcher Arnie Astrup. Read the entire article | Email this article

Reducing fat intake from 40% of calories to 30% of calories causes a weight loss of 11-20 lbs even without restricting calorie intake. Read the entire article | Email this article

Men who get less than 30% of calories from fat weigh 10-12 lbs less than those getting 40% or more according to a study from researchers at Laval University in Quebec, Canada.

The average body mass index (BMI) for these two groups was 27.4 vs 25.8. Read the entire article | Email this article

Women who get less than 30% of calories from fat weigh 9-11 lbs less than those getting 40% or more according to a study from researchers at Laval University in Quebec, Canada.

The average body mass index (BMI) for these two groups was 28.6 vs 26.9. Read the entire article | Email this article

"American's consumed an average of 600 calories worth of added fats per person per day in 2000" according to a report titled F as in Fat: How Obesity Policies Are Failing in America, 2008 from the Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Read the entire article | Email this article

People eating the most fried food are 25 percent more likely to be obese according to a study from Spain. Read the entire article | Email this article

People who eat a diet that is more than 40 percent fat are half again as likely (48 percent more likely) to be obese than people who eat a diet that is less than 30 percent fat according to a new paper. Read the entire article | Email this article

The prevelance of obesity in U.S. adults is lowest among those who eat the least fat compared to those who eat the most: 27 percent versus 37 percent. Read the entire article | Email this article

The prevelance of obesity in U.S. adults is lowest among those who eat the least saturated fat compared to those who eat the most: 28 percent versus 36 percent. Read the entire article | Email this article

How long have you heard that protein and carbohydrates provide 4 calories per gram of food, and fat provides 9 calories per gram? Probably forever. But these numbers are bogus according to a recent paper by Dr. Geoffrey Livesey. Read the entire article | Email this article

Weight loss on a low-fat diet depends on how successful a person is at reducing fat intake according to one study. Those who were most compliant, that is reduced the most fat in their diet, lost an average of roughly 14 pounds after one year compared to an average of only about 2 pounds for those who were least compliant. Read the entire article | Email this article

Increasing protein intake from 15 percent to 30 percent of calories and reduing fat from 35 percent to 20 percent of calories caused normal and overweight people to eat 441 fewer calories per day and lose an average of 10.8 pounds in three months according to a study from the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington, USA. Read the entire article | Email this article

One factor that may predispose overweight people to gaining weight while eating a high-fat diet is that they are less able to increase the amount of fat that they burn compared to lean people according to obesity researcher Arnie Astrup. Read the entire article | Email this article

Reducing fat intake from 40 percent of calories to 25-30 percent without restricting calories will cause a weight loss of 4 to 9 pounds according to obesity researcher Arnie Astrup. Read the entire article | Email this article

Whole flaxseeds in rye bread bind to dietary fat in the gut and reduce fat absorption according to an yet to be published study noted in a paper by obesity researcher Arnie Astrup. Read the entire article | Email this article

The fat of sunflower seeds do not seem to be absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract according to an yet to be published study noted in a paper by obesity researcher Arnie Astrup. Read the entire article | Email this article

Hamburger and beef consumption are associated with being heavier for men, while hamburger, fried chicken, hot dogs, bacon, sausage, eggs, french fries and fat intake are associated with being heavier in women according to a new study. Read the entire article | Email this article

"Most systematic reviews and meta-analyses of reduction in dietary fat suggest that a weight loss of approximately [7 to 11 pounds] can be expected with a reduction in the proportion of energy from dietary fat of 10 percentage points (e.g. from 40% to 30%)," obesity researcher Arnie Astrup notes in a recent editorial in the International Journal of Obesity. Read the entire article | Email this article

From 1971 to 2000, carbohydrate intake in the U.S. increased by an average of 68 grams per day in men and 62 grams per day in women. Fat intake increased in women by 6.5 grams per day, but decreased by 5.3 grams per day in men. Read the entire article | Email this article

The one-fifth of people eating the most reduced-fat dairy products, fruit, and fiber weighed less than the one-fith eating the least according to a new study from researchers at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Read the entire article | Email this article

In a study called the Seven Countries Study, which investigated the relationship between diet and heart disease, the country Crete, which had the lowest incidence of heart disease, had a total fat intake of 40 percent according to Skrabanek (1992 as referenced in Acheson, 2004). Read the entire article | Email this article

HIGH-INTENSITY EXERCISE INCREASES FAT INTAKE more than low intensity exercise according to a recent study. Read the entire article | Email this article

Greater weight loss is associated with people reducing the variety of fats, oils, sweets and high-fat foods, and increasing the variety of low-fat breads according to a study from Brown University. Read the entire article | Email this article

Increasing fat intake is associated with overweight and obesity in men only according to a new study from researchers at the University of Montreal in Montreal, Canada. This is interesting in light of the fact that the previous article suggested that women were more susceptible to gaining weight from and increase in dietary fat than men. Since this was a survey, it could be that women underestimated their dietary fat intake, perhaps unwilling to admit to eating fatty foods. Read the entire article | Email this article