Walter Willett
Walter Willett
Walter Willett, M.D., Dr.P.H.is an American physician and nutrition researcher. Currently, Willett is the Fredrick John Stare Professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition and the chair of the department of nutrition at Harvard School of Public Health. He is also a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School...
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It was a mistake, and this study really confirms that it was the wrong direction to go for nutritional advice. It did do harm. It was a lost opportunity. People were given the idea that it was only fat calories that counted. This should be the nail in the coffin for low-fat diets.
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A lost opportunity, ... only the very most motivated people will go to the Web and dig into this information.
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Even the relatively small amount of trans fats are likely to be causing around 7,000 premature deaths from heart disease per year.
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Trans fats really are a metabolic poison.
strong heart vegetables
The evidence that folic acid reduces the risk of heart disease is pretty strong. [...] And fruits and vegetables are a major source of folic acid.
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With breast cancer, nothing is straightforward. It makes sense for most people to make their dietary decisions based on what it does for heart disease. That's where the data are most strong.
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There's a lot of evidence that fruits and vegetables are beneficial for reducing the risk of stroke.
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We see clear evidence repeated in many studies that higher intake of trans fats is associated with higher risk of heart disease, and with many other conditions, such as diabetes and infertility.
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No single food will make or break good health. But the kinds of food you choose day in and day out have a major impact.
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A diet rich in fruits and vegetables plays a role in reducing the risk of all the major causes of illness and death
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If you step back and look at the data, the optimum amount of red meat you eat should be zero.