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Almost Everything You’ve Heard About Saturated Fat Is Wrong

Wednesday, October 14, 2015 3:13
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Nearly Everything You’ve Heard About Saturated Fat Is Wrong

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Federal dietary guidelines may be increasing Americans’ risk for heart disease by urging people not to consume certain kinds of fat and whole milk, The Washington Post reported.

Many scientists and doctors interviewed for a recent Post article now think that one of the main hypotheses behind the federal dietary guidelines – that saturated fat is to be avoided — could be dead wrong.

“There’s a large body of scientific literature to show that a high-carb diet, as recommended by the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, provokes a number of heart-disease risk factors,” author Nina Teicholz, who has written articles for The British Medical Journal, told the newspaper.

The Dietary Guidelines for Americans is the recommended diet created by the US government and is considered by the government itself to be the “Nation’s go-to source for nutrition advice.”

“We have strong evidence that replacing saturated fats with carbohydrates has no effect on cardiovascular disease,” Tufts University nutritionist Alice Lichtenstein told The Post. Litchenstein served on a panel advising the USDA on this year’s Dietary Guidelines.

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Even more controversial is the government’s stance on whole milk, which was banned from school lunches and which the guidelines say should be avoided.

Source: http://www.offthegridnews.com/current-events/almost-everything-youve-heard-about-saturated-fat-is-wrong/

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