![]() I think one of the main reasons that the low fat diet promoted over the past 30-40 years has not made a significant dent in the prevalence of heart disease is because of what we have replaced saturated fat with: refined carbohydrates and sugar. This British Medical Journal editorial from 2013 states the same opinion: “It is time to bust the myth of the role saturated fat plays in heart disease”. ![]() In fact, countless studies and reviews have cast doubt on the suggestion that dietary fat intake is strongly correlated with heart disease. This is clearly not the same thing as saying you being at the airport is causing the planes to take off! For example, every time you are at an airport, you will see planes taking off. The primary problem with this study is that correlation does not mean causation – an association is very different from saying that eating saturated fat CAUSES heart disease. This has led to the low fat dietary gospel that has been handed out by the medical establishment to this day despite a multitude of evidence to the contrary. He showed that countries who consumed more saturated fat had higher rates of heart disease. ![]() ![]() ![]() Keys’ Seven Countries Study, which showed an association between saturated fat intake and cardiovascular disease. To fully understand this phenomena, we have to go back to the 1970s and Dr. Everyday in my clinical practice, I see countless patients trying to lose weight, trying to lower cholesterol and generally trying to “be healthy” by following LOW FAT diets. ![]()
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