Category: low-fat diets

Low-fat diet helps genetically predisposed animals avoid liver cancer

June 11, 2009

PHILADELPHIA -- In a study comparing two strains of mice, one susceptible to developing cancer and the other not, researchers found that a high-fat diet predisposed the cancer-susceptible strain to liver cancer, and that by switching to a low-fat diet early in the experiment, the same high-risk mice avoided the malignancy.

Moderate fat program beats low fat diet for heart risk

January 29, 2004

Although low-fat diets are recommended for heart health, a moderate-fat weight loss diet reduced dieters' cardiovascular risk better than a low-fat diet in a study conducted at Penn State. The moderate-fat diet, in which half the fat was monounsaturated fat from peanuts and peanut oil, produced a 14 percent reduction in cardiovascular disease risk. The low fat group experienced a nine percent improvement. Both the moderate and low fat diets were controlled so that all participants lost about the same amount of weight -- approximately 2.4 to 2.7 pound a week on average.

Vitamin E supplements 'useless' unless taken with food

January 15, 2004

A new study has found that cereal fortified with vitamin E has a very high rate of absorption into the bloodstream, whereas pills taken separately with the same food have inconsistent effects, and taking the supplements alone is largely useless. The research was just published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition by scientists from the Linus Pauling Institute at Oregon State University.