Saturated Fats Do NOT Lead To Heart Disease
In fact the original study that proposed such has lead to a campaign of trans fat intake and higher carb intake directly linked to Type II Diabetes and heart disease. Heart Disease was not an epidemic prior to the 50s in the US. P&G who manufactured Crisco, was the major donor and mind behind the formation of The American
Heart Assn. To this day TAHA
Heart Assn. To this day TAHA
Grateful for his namesake company.
There is a larger % of the population, probably over 30%, that actually do not handle carbohydrates well.
Although many low-carb (and therefore high-fat) nutrition / diet studies have been done - many results / papers are not quoted often in the med journals. And many of the results from high carb / low fat studies are miss-quoted or selectively
(miss)- interpreted to make the "researchers" point.
Of course there has been little fed funding for studies that are not orientated toward the USDA pyramid (which was specific originally by politicians, their aides, and lobbiests - with only
grudging support, at best, by the weak USDA head at the time).
The benefits of a low-carb diet, for many, has been known since the mid-1800's - and from 1920 on wrt fantastic results on kids with epilepsy (John's Hopkins has a whole pediatric branch dedicated to ketonic (low carb) diet studies and care).
For a documented scientific review of this - check out
The Art and Science of Low Carbohydrate Living: An expert guide to making ....
by Phinney and Volek
note: Individual human biology varies alot in the
specifics (100,000 + different protein type variations, etc.) - so many can take in a lot of carbs. However a huge number really can't - and there is almost no common nutritional info taught on this.
This new book coming out noted by khalling will hopefully help with that. There is continued huge resistance to the notion that natural fats are your friend, and the normal human diet for over a million years. Grains, starches, sugars (carbs) only enter our diet in a big way when farming started 6,000 years ago - and much of our variations are still not well adapted to it.
It's always the old adage, "follow the money." The sugar industry (a really evil bunch, whose crimes have been successfully kept out of the public eye) can be depended upon to launch a vicious campaign against the latest sugar substitute, e.g.
What? I’ve been denying myself of the great taste of saturated fats all this time. Was this a government study? Wasn’t it the government that warned me about milk, butter, salt, sugar, then fake sugar, eggs, now wheat and flour, etc. in the past? The diet pendulum swings at a higher frequency than politics.
In reality since I was just a youngster I’ve eaten just about anything I ever wanted, and I enjoyed a Snickers Bar almost every day (Costco sold them in nice boxes of 48 bars). I never changed my eating habits until about age 50 when I stopped drinking whole milk and went to 2%, yuk. Switched about age 55 to 1%, and at age 60 I went from 1% to Non-Fat, hated it but got used to it quickly. Even 1% now tastes like cream. Then at about age 60 I started to put on a little weight probably because I started listening to the nonsense studies a little more than I used to. What good did it do me? None, Not A, Nothing. Now, in my 70’s I’ve decided to eat what I please, when I please, and however much I please (last night Lobster for an appetizer and Lasagna for dinner).
The other day (yesterday actually) at the grocery store when my wife wasn’t looking I snuck into the cart a giant Hershey’s Bar with Almonds, and a Snickers Bar. I intend to enjoy both of them. When I reach age 80 I intend to do even more whatever I want, after all who wants to live forever anyway? Again, that’s just my opinion, I could be wrong. But also, that’s my story and I’m stickin’ to it. And I confess, I lied about the giant Hershey’s Bar, I really got three of them because they were three for four dollars. And for my final confession, two of the giant Hershey’s Bars are already gone and the wrappers buried in the trash.
the wife needs to get on board with "it's my life" point for Pendulum reminds me of my book Pendulum of Justice, which I think you might very well like. song!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3JFEfdK_...
To this day AHA pushes the consumption of whole grains and sugars over and discourages the consumption of red meats, eggs, and butter. Transfats have been directly linked heart disease however. The same groups that pressured food manufacturers and restaurants to switch to transfats in the 90 s now are pushing for their removal. Your busybody orgs and govt hard at work pushing more psuedo science.
Naw, that might effect advertising revenues.
OTOH, if the owners went short first...
I've been eating lots of saturated fats in the last few years. Not a single health issue so far.
So, yes, this is a very recent change in human physiology; one which allowed us to become 'mampires' and live off liquids produced by living animals who did not have to be killed in order to sustain us. Because of this, the ability to digest lactose is a good candidate for allergies due to side effects that have not been eliminated from our genome.
Another 'candidate for early elimination' in allergy testing is gluten. This is for similar reasons: the amount of gluten in human (and dog) diets was small until the Neolithic agricultural revolution.
'Mampires'. MWA HAHAha hahahah!
Jan
+1 point for "mampires"
Regards
Joe
I dunna want to digest that substance, Joe. I waannt outta here!
Jan
(PS. I did not invent the term 'mampires'.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgM3FoeuU...
Jan, the mature and serious adult
http://www.waoy.org/9.html
This from the NIH:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21068...
Although there have been some inverse correlations, the findings are not statistically significant and some studies refute other studies' findings.
I don't really know overall, JIR. I do know that doctors looking at gastro intestinal issues or allergies drop milk products out of the diet first.