Are The Dangers Of Saturated Fat A Myth?

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Nutrition professionals have had remarkable success with demonizing perfectly healthy foods. Probably the worst example of that is eggs, which are among the healthiest foods on the planet. Even so… because eggs contain large amounts of cholesterol, they were believed to cause heart disease.

The cholesterol myth has suffered a bit of a triple whammy of late, making it harder and harder for heart specialists to uphold the company line. This information is just the latest in a long line of science disproving the need for the saturated fat phobia.

In 2012, researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology examined the health and lifestyle habits of more than 52,000 adults ages 20 to 74, concluding that women with “high cholesterol” (greater than 270 mg/dl) had a 28 percent lower mortality risk than women with “low cholesterol” (less than 183 mg/dl).

Researchers also found that, if you’re a woman, your risk for heart disease, cardiac arrest, and stroke are higher with lower cholesterol levels.

In 2013, a prominent London cardiologist by the name of Aseem Malhotra argued in the British Medical Journal that you should ignore advice to reduce your saturated fat intake, because it’s actually increasing your risk for obesity and heart disease.

Then in March 2014, a new meta-analysis published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, using data from nearly 80 studies and more than a half million people, found that those who consume higher amounts of saturated fat haveno more heart disease than those who consume less.

They also did not find less heart disease among those eating higher amounts of unsaturated fat, including both olive oil and corn oil.

Article Summary

The nutritional myth that saturated fat is bad for you continues to fall apart as a steady stream of new books and scientific studies hit the airways

With regard to heart health, nutrition policy has been derailed over the past half-century by corporate greed, political agendas, and bad science

A new meta-analysis involving a half million people found that those eating more saturated fats do NOT have more heart disease than those eating less

Cholesterol is critical for building your cell membranes, interacting with proteins inside cells, regulating your cell signaling and other biological processes

Saturated fats serve important functions such as building cell walls, mineral absorption, converting beta-carotene into vitamin A, and many others

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