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Improve Your Omega-6 to Omega-3 Balance

November 1, 2019July 16, 2019 by Keir Watson

Read Time: 11 min Modern diets have an excess of omega 6 compared to omega 3 compared to our evolutionary norm, and appears to underpin many contemporary diseases. Here’s what you need to do to get yours back in the sweet spot.

Animal products that protect you from UV damage

June 10, 2019November 2, 2014 by Keir Watson

Read Time: 4 min Evidence that compounds in a range of animal products can protect the skin from UV damage and cancer.

Know your fats (infographic)

May 20, 2017 by Keir Watson

Read Time: < 1 min

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I made this little infographic to illustrate the four main classes of fats. It gives typical sources of each and an example molecule from that group. Hope you find it useful. Please feel free to share!

Vegetable oils losing their halo

April 14, 2016 by Keir Watson

Read Time: 5 min Just published: A US research group has recovered raw data from a large scale study from the 1970’s and finds no evidence for benefits from switching butter for vegetable oils.