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<h1> <a href="http://profgrant.com/author/gschofie/" title="Prof. Grant Schofield" rel="me">Prof. Grant Schofield</a> Author Archives</h1>

<h2><a href="http://profgrant.com/2014/12/04/butter-margarine-conspiracy-and-evidence/" rel="bookmark">BUTTER, MARGARINE, CONSPIRACY AND EVIDENCE</a></h2>

<div><abbr title="December 4, 2014 9:17 am"><a href="http://profgrant.com/2014/12/04/butter-margarine-conspiracy-and-evidence/">December 4, 2014</a></abbr> · by <a href="http://profgrant.com/author/gschofie/" title="Posts by Prof. Grant Schofield" rel="author">Prof. Grant Schofield</a> · in <a href="http://profgrant.com/category/nutrition/" rel="category tag">nutrition</a> · <a href="http://profgrant.com/2014/12/04/butter-margarine-conspiracy-and-evidence/#comments" title="Comment on Butter, margarine, conspiracy and evidence">6 Comments</a> </div>

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<p>A strange phone call Yesterday a 92-year-old man, Raymond called me. He was following up after reading a special report on saturated fat and butter in our national newspaper. He was a nice fellow. He apologised for his croaky voice as he currently has pneumonia and hadn’t slept much the night before. He explained he […]</p>

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<h2><a href="http://profgrant.com/2014/12/01/butter-is-back-in-nz/" rel="bookmark">BUTTER IS BACK IN NZ</a></h2>

<div><abbr title="December 1, 2014 12:09 pm"><a href="http://profgrant.com/2014/12/01/butter-is-back-in-nz/">December 1, 2014</a></abbr> · by <a href="http://profgrant.com/author/gschofie/" title="Posts by Prof. Grant Schofield" rel="author">Prof. Grant Schofield</a> · in <a href="http://profgrant.com/category/nutrition/" rel="category tag">nutrition</a> · <a href="http://profgrant.com/2014/12/01/butter-is-back-in-nz/#comments" title="Comment on Butter is back in NZ">1 Comment</a> </div>

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<p>Here’s the latest special report in our national newspaper – the New Zealand Herald covering the current “fat debate”. Its a good read and gets a bit into the personalities and egos involved. Second bit for the day…if you have time enjoy this short clip showing the evolution of humans into the sedentary sugar eaters we are […]</p>

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<h2><a href="http://profgrant.com/2014/11/20/abc-catalyst-low-carb-diet-fat-or-fiction/" rel="bookmark">ABC CATALYST – LOW CARB DIET: FAT OR FICTION?</a></h2>

<div><abbr title="November 20, 2014 12:23 pm"><a href="http://profgrant.com/2014/11/20/abc-catalyst-low-carb-diet-fat-or-fiction/">November 20, 2014</a></abbr> · by <a href="http://profgrant.com/author/gschofie/" title="Posts by Prof. Grant Schofield" rel="author">Prof. Grant Schofield</a> · in <a href="http://profgrant.com/category/nutrition/" rel="category tag">nutrition</a> · <a href="http://profgrant.com/2014/11/20/abc-catalyst-low-carb-diet-fat-or-fiction/#respond" title="Comment on ABC Catalyst – Low Carb Diet: Fat or Fiction?">Leave a comment</a> </div>

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<p>Australia’s top science show – ABC’s Catalyst ran this story late last week.  If you haven’t already watched it, here is a link friendly to people outside of Australia. Interesting “no shows” by the Heart Foundation and Diabetes Australia.</p>

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<h2><a href="http://profgrant.com/2014/11/11/the-standing-desk-revolution/" rel="bookmark">THE STANDING DESK REVOLUTION</a></h2>

<div><abbr title="November 11, 2014 1:43 pm"><a href="http://profgrant.com/2014/11/11/the-standing-desk-revolution/">November 11, 2014</a></abbr> · by <a href="http://profgrant.com/author/gschofie/" title="Posts by Prof. Grant Schofield" rel="author">Prof. Grant Schofield</a> · in <a href="http://profgrant.com/category/nutrition/" rel="category tag">nutrition</a> · <a href="http://profgrant.com/2014/11/11/the-standing-desk-revolution/#comments" title="Comment on The standing desk revolution">9 Comments</a> </div>

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<p>“A sedentary life may be injurious. It must therefore be your resolute care to keep your body as upright as possible when you read and write; never stoop your head nor bend your breast. To prevent this, you should get a standing desk.” (Presbyterian Minister, Orton Jobs, 1797) Having missed the above advice of Orton […]</p>

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<h2><a href="http://profgrant.com/2014/11/05/big-fat-debate-in-nz-22-what-does-the-evidence-say/" rel="bookmark">BIG FAT DEBATE IN NZ 2/2 – WHAT DOES THE EVIDENCE SAY?</a></h2>

<div><abbr title="November 5, 2014 12:37 pm"><a href="http://profgrant.com/2014/11/05/big-fat-debate-in-nz-22-what-does-the-evidence-say/">November 5, 2014</a></abbr> · by <a href="http://profgrant.com/author/gschofie/" title="Posts by Prof. Grant Schofield" rel="author">Prof. Grant Schofield</a> · in <a href="http://profgrant.com/category/nutrition/" rel="category tag">nutrition</a> · <a href="http://profgrant.com/2014/11/05/big-fat-debate-in-nz-22-what-does-the-evidence-say/#comments" title="Comment on Big fat debate in NZ 2/2 – what does the evidence say?">7 Comments</a> </div>

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<p>Part 2 – previous post (part 1) here Just to sum up where we (and the others) are at, I’ve paraphrased the main arguments with counter points below.  There is no long-term evidence of low carb high fat (LCHF) not harming people We would respond that in the short and medium term LCHF is at least […]</p>

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<h2><a href="http://profgrant.com/2014/11/05/big-fat-debates-in-nz-12/" rel="bookmark">BIG FAT DEBATES IN NZ 1/2</a></h2>

<div><abbr title="November 5, 2014 12:31 pm"><a href="http://profgrant.com/2014/11/05/big-fat-debates-in-nz-12/">November 5, 2014</a></abbr> · by <a href="http://profgrant.com/author/gschofie/" title="Posts by Prof. Grant Schofield" rel="author">Prof. Grant Schofield</a> · in <a href="http://profgrant.com/category/nutrition/" rel="category tag">nutrition</a> · <a href="http://profgrant.com/2014/11/05/big-fat-debates-in-nz-12/#comments" title="Comment on Big fat debates in NZ 1/2">8 Comments</a> </div>

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<p>It’s been a big week in New Zealand on the ongoing debate around fat in the diet and health. In the “You demonised fat without evidence and have contributed to a carb laden food environment” corner is our team at AUT’s Human Potential Centre In the other “You people are dangerous and unqualified, and everyone […]</p>

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<h2><a href="http://profgrant.com/2014/11/04/one-mans-journey-on-lchf-making-sense-of-science-dogma-and-reality/" rel="bookmark">ONE MAN’S JOURNEY ON LCHF: MAKING SENSE OF SCIENCE, DOGMA, AND REALITY</a></h2>

<div><abbr title="November 4, 2014 5:03 pm"><a href="http://profgrant.com/2014/11/04/one-mans-journey-on-lchf-making-sense-of-science-dogma-and-reality/">November 4, 2014</a></abbr> · by <a href="http://profgrant.com/author/gschofie/" title="Posts by Prof. Grant Schofield" rel="author">Prof. Grant Schofield</a> · in <a href="http://profgrant.com/category/nutrition/" rel="category tag">nutrition</a> · <a href="http://profgrant.com/2014/11/04/one-mans-journey-on-lchf-making-sense-of-science-dogma-and-reality/#comments" title="Comment on One man’s journey on LCHF: Making sense of science, dogma, and reality">11 Comments</a> </div>

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<p>An excellent (longish, but good read) piece by lay LCHFer and curious lay scientist Malcolm McKinlay. We all know that if you eat a lot of fat, you will get fat and put yourself at risk of cardiovascular disease. We all know that if you eat too much and don’t exercise enough, you will become […]</p>

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<h2><a href="http://profgrant.com/2014/11/03/late-at-the-museum-food-and-fat-debate/" rel="bookmark">LATE AT THE MUSEUM: FOOD AND FAT DEBATE</a></h2>

<div><abbr title="November 3, 2014 11:11 am"><a href="http://profgrant.com/2014/11/03/late-at-the-museum-food-and-fat-debate/">November 3, 2014</a></abbr> · by <a href="http://profgrant.com/author/gschofie/" title="Posts by Prof. Grant Schofield" rel="author">Prof. Grant Schofield</a> · in <a href="http://profgrant.com/category/nutrition/" rel="category tag">nutrition</a> · <a href="http://profgrant.com/2014/11/03/late-at-the-museum-food-and-fat-debate/#respond" title="Comment on Late at the museum: food and fat debate">Leave a comment</a> </div>

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<p>Just out: Two university professors (me and cardiovascular epidemiologist Rod Jackson) and two celebrity chefs (Al Brown and Annie Thorp) discuss how New Zealand food has evolved over the last fifty years, argue about the effect of our diet on our health, and share their ideas of the national Kiwi dish with an amused and engaged audience […]</p>

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<h2><a href="http://profgrant.com/2014/10/20/not-just-praying-for-good-health/" rel="bookmark">NOT JUST PRAYING FOR GOOD HEALTH</a></h2>

<div><abbr title="October 20, 2014 4:49 pm"><a href="http://profgrant.com/2014/10/20/not-just-praying-for-good-health/">October 20, 2014</a></abbr> · by <a href="http://profgrant.com/author/gschofie/" title="Posts by Prof. Grant Schofield" rel="author">Prof. Grant Schofield</a> · in <a href="http://profgrant.com/category/nutrition/" rel="category tag">nutrition</a> · <a href="http://profgrant.com/2014/10/20/not-just-praying-for-good-health/#respond" title="Comment on Not just praying for good health">Leave a comment</a> </div>

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<p>I received this picture and cool note a few weeks ago.  I’m not really the religious type myself, more of a scientist type.  But each to their own.  What I did love about this  story is these guys mobilising their church and starting a LCHF group “fittoserve” in it.  Way to go guys.  Don’t just pray […]</p>

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<h2><a href="http://profgrant.com/2014/10/17/mikes-letter-how-i-succeeded-with-lchf/" rel="bookmark">MIKE’S LETTER – HOW I SUCCEEDED WITH LCHF</a></h2>

<div><abbr title="October 17, 2014 1:42 pm"><a href="http://profgrant.com/2014/10/17/mikes-letter-how-i-succeeded-with-lchf/">October 17, 2014</a></abbr> · by <a href="http://profgrant.com/author/gschofie/" title="Posts by Prof. Grant Schofield" rel="author">Prof. Grant Schofield</a> · in <a href="http://profgrant.com/category/nutrition/" rel="category tag">nutrition</a> · <a href="http://profgrant.com/2014/10/17/mikes-letter-how-i-succeeded-with-lchf/#comments" title="Comment on Mike’s letter – How I succeeded with LCHF">1 Comment</a> </div>

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<p>Hi Grant, Im a tertiary manager in the lower part of the South Island, New Zealand selling a range of different products.  I had gained about12kg over the last 6 years and could not move it even with the exercise I was doing. On my way home from visiting my brother in Melbourne I was […]</p>

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