interesting lecture on dietary recommendations over the last 50-60 years

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Check out the following link for some interesting ideas/concepts regarding dietary advice. The concluding points from this lecture have particular relevance to diabetics!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=5IYVIdztWWs&list=PLJHP-Y-w4v319kDSCIKBr53nCsgY34fhy

Tim Noakes, director of the UCT/Medical Research Council (MRC) Research Unit for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine and Discovery Health professor of exercise and sports science shares his views during the "The Great Centenary Debate" at the University of Cape Town's Faculty of Health Sciences. The debate was a showdown between Noakes and Dr Jacques Rossouw on the topic "Cholesterol is not an important factor for heart disease and current dietary recommendations do even more harm than good."

Posted by Tom Longbottom
BSc (Hons.) Exercise and Sport Science
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Type 1 Diabetic ~4yrs