Heart disease 'doubles' despite low fat diets - Figures suggest that heart disease in the United States has more than doubled, despite a drive to low fat, cholesterol lowering diets. ...

Female low fat diets dangerous - Women who follow low fat diets to reduce their cholesterol levels may be increasing their risk of heart disease, according to a Scottish study. ...

Weight loss and low fat diets - One of the major risk factors for osteoporosis is being too thin. Once the ovaries stop producing oestrogen, a woman's body keeps on making small amou...

Low-fat diet may lead to high cholesterol - In India, as many as 10 per cent of the affluent urban upper classes now fall victim to coronary artery disease, a figure approaching the levels of th...

Low fat diet: a violent end - More on the cholesterol debate (WDDTY Vol 3 No 1). ...

Heart disease - Have you ever wondered why the French are carefree about tobacco smoking and wine consumption? Their diet is high in sugars and fats, and vegetarianis...

Diets: Atkins is the best of the low-carbs (and a high-fat diet doesn’t cause heart problems) - The much-maligned Atkins Diet is the best of the low-carb options, a new study has concluded.

Fats not linked to heart disease - Saturated fats found mainly in meat are not linked to heart disease after all, researchers have found. In fact, some evidence suggests that it may hel...