Posted on 12/11/2016 1:35:02 PM PST by RoosterRedux
Current dietary advice says foods containing high levels of saturated fats such as cream, butter, red meat, eggs and cheese should be avoided because they increase the risk of heart disease, Type 2 diabetes and cancer.
But a study published in a leading medical journal has found the opposite is true, with a diet full of natural fats improving the health of people taking part.
Professor Sherif Sultan, a heart specialist from the University of Ireland, said: “We urgently need to overturn current dietary guidelines."
"People should not be eating high carbohydrate diets as they have been told over the past decade.
“Instead our diets should be largely based on good quality high-fat foods. This will prevent the rising epidemic of Type 2 diabetes and reverse the growing numbers of people suffering weight-related heart problems.”
The study, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, found overweight middle-aged men who ate high levels of saturated fat and low levels of carbohydrate became slimmer and healthier.
Researchers also saw reduced blood pressure and glucose levels, which are associated with a lower risk of heart disease, Type 2 diabetes and cancer, in the patients.
(Excerpt) Read more at express.co.uk ...
Michael Moore just got an idea for his next documentary!
He’s already written both the screenplays and the Menus.
Yes, bacon for sure! I save that for the weekend. During the week, my breakfast is whole fat yogurt/skyr with blueberries and an egg or two. On the weekends, it’s fried slabs of bacon and then I cook the eggs in the grease. I then wrap bacon and cheese into thick slices of swiss cheese. So good.
It’s very bad.
“Frankly I wouldn’t touch the official advice about diet with a ten foot pole.”
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It changes so quickly it would be hard to keep up with, anyway. What is good for you one week will kill you the next. Yet another week, it’s good again.
I drink buttermilk like it is going out of style. I wish it came in gallon sized containers.
honest to god cream in my coffee. Butter on my biscuit and whole milk with my cereal.
Your brain loves fat. Fat is good for you.
Alot of the fatfree products add sugar to give it flavor.
Fat gives food flavor.
“Conclusions High LDL-C [low-density lipoprotein cholesterol ] is inversely associated with mortality in most people over 60 years. This finding is inconsistent with the cholesterol hypothesis (ie, that cholesterol, particularly LDL-C, is inherently atherogenic).
Since elderly people with high LDL-C live as long or longer than those with low LDL-C, our analysis provides reason to question the validity of the cholesterol hypothesis. Moreover, our study provides the rationale for a re-evaluation of guidelines recommending pharmacological reduction of LDL-C in the elderly as a component of cardiovascular disease prevention strategies.
http://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/6/6/e010401.short
Not according to the moose on the loose at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
Grew up on a farm. Knew this for over 50 years based on longevity of parents, grandparents, neighbors, etc. Miss the whole cream. :-)
“Dr. Atkins had this figured out years ago.”
yep. this “new” research just confirms voluminous similar research over the last couple of decades.
Butter.....
“I eat a low carb diet (no rice, bread, pasta...the good stuff). Skinny as a beanpole...and low cholesterol too.”
Replaced ice, bread and pasta with veggies. Lost 23 pounds so far.
Eggs are wonderful—all the way around!!!!
A great, AFFORDABLE package of high-quality protein, good fat, and important micronutrients.
http://www.webmd.com/diet/features/good-eggs-for-nutrition-theyre-hard-to-beat#1
Fat is also very good for your skin and hair. It has been my experience that those whom I have known to follow low-fat diets have skin problems, such as psoriasis and wrinkles.
he left out butter. I can provide testimony to the correctness of the article
Agreed!
Sure you can eat dessert. Just have it every other day and control the portion size.
People get heavy because they eat too much.
Fish, seafood, vegetables...all the good stuff yo-momma told you to eat.
You'll find you now like certain things. I recently discovered a new appreciation of Brussel Sprouts, turnips, cauliflower.
If you make it without sugar.
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