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- Relationship to Diabetes
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A leading scientist says the secret to losing weight and fixing our diabetes epidemic is to eat more fat.
Public health professor Grant Schofield advocates "tipping the food pyramid on its head" by eating fewer carbohydrates and more fat - which has him at odds with the Heart Foundation and Health Ministry.
"I know eating more fat sounds crazy," he said. "But what we're doing now isn't working. I want people in nutrition and health to consider we could have it wrong," Schofield said.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/wellbeing/9331625/Eat-fat-to-get-thin-scientist
Public health professor Grant Schofield advocates "tipping the food pyramid on its head" by eating fewer carbohydrates and more fat - which has him at odds with the Heart Foundation and Health Ministry.
"I know eating more fat sounds crazy," he said. "But what we're doing now isn't working. I want people in nutrition and health to consider we could have it wrong," Schofield said.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/wellbeing/9331625/Eat-fat-to-get-thin-scientist
