Showing posts with label saturated fat. Show all posts
Showing posts with label saturated fat. Show all posts

Wednesday, 11 February 2015

Should we go back to eating full fat?



This week’s headlines might make it seem that after years of being told to cut back on saturated fat, it’s time to bring back the butter dish and return to full-fat milk. But is this really the case? HFG’s nutrition consultant and registered dietitian Juliette Kellow goes behind the headlines…

Thursday, 20 February 2014

Is coconut oil healthy?


By Liz Atkins


At Healthy Food Guide we get a lot of enquiries about coconut oil. Is it better for you than other oils, is it really full of antioxidants, can it help you lose weight, and do all those coconut-crazed celebrities know something the rest of us don’t? It certainly seems to be taking up a lot of supermarket shelf space at the moment…