The fat you eat is not the fat in your blood !

 A 6-month trial just showed that a higher-fat, low-carbohydrate diet lowered circulating saturated fat compared with a higher-carbohydrate diet, even though people on the low-carb diet ate far more saturated fat. Palmitoleic acid, a marker of the liver making new fat from carbohydrates, also fell. All of this matches up with previously published data: when carbohydrate comes down, circulating saturated fat comes down with it.

That is the part the diet-heart story often misses. Much of the saturated fat in the blood is not arriving from the meal, but is being made. Cut the carbohydrates, insulin comes down, and the fat-generating signal to the liver turns down. All of this matters for insulin resistance. When circulating saturated fats in the blood come to a cell, they can be used to make ceramides--the very molecules that impair insulin signaling. Less saturated fat in circulation means less raw material for that process.

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Effect of a 6-month low-carbohydrate diet on the circulating fatty acid composition in patients with type 2 diabetes: a secondary analysis of an open-label randomized controlled trial

Cod, EU and Iceland

 

                                    Photo from Can fish have regional accents? These cod do, scientists say

A few thoughts about Iceland's referendum.

Let's have a look at the past, so we can understand better the present (and the future).

There have been 3 Cod wars between Iceland and UK [ Cod wars podcast ]

Today, Iceland has its own currency and thus flexibility. The country is in the Schengen agreement - hence it benefits by free traveling of people within Schengen.

They have a thriving economy and high standards of living.

So, why would they wish to join EU? 

Ireland has suffered by the decreasing fish quotas (more details, here).

Probably, Icelanders can see this...

Irish bees get their due

 Where is the bee you have with your breakfast? EU? non-EU? Far East? Africa?

This is one more example where traceability is not applied.

Let's remember here that traceability is a legal obligation!

Traceability legislation is designed to allow businesses and authorities to trace and follow products, ingredients, or raw materials through all stages of production, processing, and distribution. In the EU, the General Food Law Regulation (Regulation 178/2002) establishes the legal framework for food traceability, obliging food businesses to identify at least the immediate supplier and immediate recipient of a product, except for retailers supplying final consumers. This is commonly referred to as the one-up-one-down system. 

Article 18

Traceability

1. The traceability of food, feed, food-producing animals, and any other substance intended to be, or expected to be, incorporated into a food or feed shall be established at all stages of production, processing and distribution.

2. Food and feed business operators shall be able to identify any person from whom they have been supplied with a food, a feed, a food-producing animal, or any substance intended to be, or expected to be, incorporated into a food or feed.

To this end, such operators shall have in place systems and procedures which allow for this information to be made available to the competent authorities on demand.

3. Food and feed business operators shall have in place systems and procedures to identify the other businesses to which their products have been supplied. This information shall be made available to the competent authorities on demand.

4. Food or feed which is placed on the market or is likely to be placed on the market in the Community shall be adequately labelled or identified to facilitate its traceability, through relevant documentation or information in accordance with the relevant requirements of more specific provisions.

5. Provisions for the purpose of applying the requirements of this Article in respect of specific sectors may be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 58(2).