[PA Engineer]

In my experience its not the dietary fat that’s the problem, it’s the carbs.

I agree. There are essential vitamins, minerals, fats and protein. There is no such thing as an essential carbohydrate. Look around at the success of the "gaia" diet. Epidemic Metabolic Syndrome and pre-type II diabetes. Thank you Jimmy Carter, George McGovern and Harvard. A complete revamping of the American diet without a single pier review or scientific basis. Just another great leftist experiment forcing their irrational beliefs on everyone.

Now to fix this great Fubar of government intervention we are pumping statins into everyone. You are correct about Cholesterol. Cholesterol is an indication of underlying inflammation from Glycation, resulting from the recommended high carbohydrate diets. Giving Statins to lower Cholesterol is like sending the fire department out to put out the smoke. What fire?

[djf]

In fact in nature, digestible carbs are rare. Potatoes have starches, fruit, when it is in season have sugars and some carbs.

But most carbs in nature are of the cellulose forms, complex long-chain polysacharides that pretty much just go right through you.

That’s why cows and termites have specialized bacteria in their gut.