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Low down on low fat milk

For years, low-fat cow’s milk has been enthusiastically promoted as the perfect health drink, providing adults with ‘essential’ vitamins and minerals,...

Low-down on low-fat milk

For years, low-fat cow’s milk has been enthusiastically promoted as the perfect health drink, providing adults with ‘essential’ vitamins and minerals,...

Essential fatty acids: know your efas

A sometimes confusing array of abbreviations and names are used for the various essential fatty acids and related terms. The following is a quick guid...

Take vitamin e with your essential fats

Re your report on essential fatty acids (WDDTY vol 14 no 2), we know that EFAs are fragile and easily oxidised, so people who consume oils need to hav...

Trans Fats: They triple your chances of heart disease

You don’t need us to tell you that trans fats – the partially hydrogenated vegetable oils found in fast foods such as chips (or French Fries) and bake...

Vitamin E supplements: They’re good—but they could be even better

Vitamin E has had a slippery ride since its discovery in 1922, when it was hailed as a virtual cure-all. Our bodies can’t make vitamin E; we have to o...