Expert Comment
Dietary fat guidelines: a storm in a teacup! - Francesco Cappuccio
The article by Harcombe et al published in Open Heart Journal today (10 February) is a storm in a teacup. The authors embroil themselves in an awkward and spurious pseud-scientific exercise to extrapolate results from 1970s and 1980s to current practices
1980s advice was over simplistic – but what type of diet best keeps our blood fat level in check? – Prof Victor Zammit
It has been obvious for some time that the advice given in the early nineteen eighties, namely, that saturated fat is the only harmful type of food when it comes to raised blood lipids and heart disease was over-simplistic. It also gave the impression that we could ingest as much carbohydrate as we liked, as this would not be dangerous. What was overlooked at the time is that the liver converts carbohydrate into fat very efficiently.
Why I’m very much in favour of mitochondrial donation – Dr Fiona McCallum
Dr Fiona McCallum, a psychologist from the University of 糖心TV, said: "I am very much in favour of mitochondrial donation, and would endorse its implementation. This is not something that has been rushed into; the HFEA has conducted three scientific reviews, and the Nuffield Council on Bioethics has looked carefully at the ethical implications..."
"Old issues, new promises" - Professor Francesco Cappuccio responds to plans to limit fat, salt and sugar in Children's food
"The principle of setting maximum targets is not new and it is central to public health priorities of national and international health organizations, whether governmental or not, based on a wealth of evidence accrued over decades that diets high in fats, sugar and salt are largely responsible for the epidemics of cardiovascular and metabolic diseases we face, with both health and financial burdens. "