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Who else wants the real truth about saturated fat?
For nearly 50 years, it's been widely accepted that diets high
in fat raise your cholesterol levels. Elevated cholesterol levels
are then supposed to increase your risk your risk of heart disease.
Dr. Ancel Keys first suggested a link between high-fat food and
heart disease in the early 1950's. Taking data from six countries,
Dr. Keys showed a link between the total intake of fat and death
from heart disease.
More recently, scientists have identified saturated fat as the
"villain" responsible for the rise in cholesterol levels
said to cause heart disease.
According to conventional wisdom, coronary heart disease is the
final stage of a three-step process.
In the first step, the amount of saturated fat in your diet determines
blood cholesterol levels. According to step two, this rise in cholesterol
is then said to lead to a thickening of the arteries. The third
and final step is coronary heart disease, caused by the build-up
of plaque in the arteries.
This theory, known as the diet-heart idea, or the lipid hypothesis,
appears logical. Yet, despite its almost universal acceptance, there's
a growing body of evidence suggesting that the link between saturated
fat, cholesterol and heart disease isn't as simple as the...
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