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...fat lady has sung, and she's singing the wedding march." Paul Martinek, editor of Lawyers Weekly USA, on a Massachusetts high-court ruling that will allow gay marriage
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...fat diet may be good for the heart, but a moderate-fat diet (in which 33% of calories come from fats, half of which are the monounsaturated fats found in peanuts and peanut oil) seems to reduce a person's cardiovascular risk even more, according to a new study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. The low-fat diet (in which 18% of calories are from fat) decreased by 12% the dieter's levels of HDL ("good") cholesterol, which protects against heart disease. The moderate-fat diet produced no decrease in heart-friendly HDL. --By David Bjerklie
Some diners are also drawn to game meats for the health benefits. Game is nature's Lean Cuisine: it's often lower in fat and cholesterol than traditional choices. Concerns about mad-cow disease and antibiotics in beef are also causing health-conscious diners to explore game. The ethical code of the National Bison Association precludes feed with animal by-products or antibiotics...
...down that steak knife. The promoters of the Atkins diet appear to be backing off the idea--embraced by millions of Atkins adherents--that the eating plan is an invitation to gorge on all the fat and red meat you can eat. Officials of the diet company now say there's a limit to how much saturated fat dieters should consume. During the two-week "induction phase," for example, company nutritionists say 60% of calories should come from fat, and roughly a third of that from saturated fats (the rest should consist of the kinds of poly-and monounsaturated fats...