Comments on: Tracey Koehlmoos: Put that french fry down!

By: JDobson

JDobson — Wed, 23 May 2012 08:37:00 +0000

Thanks for pointing this out. We have amended the blog to say LDL rather than HDL.
Best wishes,
Juliet Dobson, BMJ blogs editor

By: Terry Hull

Terry Hull — Tue, 22 May 2012 23:07:00 +0000

The transfats in the vegetable oil, or even the saturated fats in the palm oil, are associated with the long term cardiovascular consequences. But the sugar in ketchup is not benign, and the potential acute impact of poorly prepared mayonnaise can be devastating, as the closure of a number of restaurants in Canberra and New York attests. It is good that Tracey is on the alert at the Club, but we need to promote good food choices across all sources of our nutrition.

By: Soozrn

Soozrn — Tue, 22 May 2012 15:14:00 +0000

Ahhh, the cognitive dissonance: even as we discuss melanomas and sat-fat dangers, we sit in the equatorial sun and eat fries. Not just hypothetical ones, actual ones, like earlier this week. Perhaps we do need assistance in protecting ourselves from ourselves.

By: PinnacleBHC

PinnacleBHC — Tue, 22 May 2012 14:57:00 +0000

In your piece you referred to HDL as bad cholesterol, I believe this was an error. You probably were referring to LDL or high ratio of LDL to HDL.