Guidelines urging people to swap saturated fats – found in foods like butter, cheese and fatty meats – to polyunsaturated fats may be misguided, a new report suggests.
Could It Be That Saturated Fat Is Not So Bad After All
For more than a generation now, saturated fat has been high on what might be called the nutritionist’s most wanted list: an artery-clogging villain whose appearance in the form of, say, a cheeseburger oozing grease has practically screamed, “Heart attack!”
But this week, in the equivalent of a not-guilty verdict for a suspect everyone thought had wielded the gun, came shocking news from scientists: “Eh, saturated fats aren’t so bad after all.”
Say what!?
In a massive new study published in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine and led by docs from Cambridge University and the Harvard School of Public Health, researchers reported they found no link—repeat, no link—between consumption of saturated fats and heart attacks or other cardiovascular problems. Saturated fats are found mostly in meat and dairy products.
This article was originally published on www.takepart.com, March 20, 2014, read the complete article here
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