Does dietary fat cause heart disease?
By Tamzyn Murphy, Rd, Msc (Dist.) Does eating fat really clog your arteries and cause heart attacks and strokes? Let’s take a closer look… A faulty hypothesis based on flawed [...]
Why can’t people do Low Carb Low Fat? Would Low Carb, Moderate Fat be more acceptable?
Why can’t people do low carb low fat? Would low carb, moderate fat be more acceptable? Tamzyn Murphy, RD, MSc (Dist) responds: There’s only so much protein that you can have [...]
Salt, Salt-Sensitivity and Hypertension
By Tamzyn Murphy (RD) Salt-sensitivity 101 Approximately a quarter of normotensive and half of hypertensive people are thought to be salt sensitive, meaning that their blood pressure [...]
Women’s (life)cycle and an LCHF diet
By Tamzyn Murphy (RD) Some people are concerned that an LCHF (low carbohydrate high fat) diet may not be appropriate for women at certain ages or stages of their cycle. Let’s take a closer [...]