We here at ACSH are happy to give a “shout-out” to author Nina Teicholz, for her
almost-simplified discussion of the metabolic issues pertaining to fat vs.
carbohydrate intake and health outcomes, specifically as they relate to heart
disease.
Interestingly, we wonder how we would have reacted if her
illuminating article, “The Questionable Link Between Saturated Fat and Heart Disease,”
had come out before the huge meta-analysis on this same topic was
published in March. As our devoted Dispatch readers will recall (and others can
now jump to the link), we noted that the analysis of a total of 659,000
subjects’ dietary histories and heart disease rates showed this: “Their
surprising overall finding was a lack of relationship between any specific type
of saturated fat, or for the totality of saturated fat intake, and CVD risk.”….To Read More….
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