Posted on 05/04/2014 12:04:14 PM PDT by Rusty0604
"Saturated fat does not cause heart disease"—or so concluded a big study published in March in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine. How could this be? The very cornerstone of dietary advice for generations has been that the saturated fats in butter, cheese and red meat should be avoided because they clog our arteries.
The new study's conclusion shouldn't surprise anyone familiar with modern nutritional science, however. The fact is, there has never been solid evidence for the idea that these fats cause disease. We only believe this to be the case because nutrition policy has been derailed over the past half-century by a mixture of personal ambition, bad science, politics and bias.
One consequence is that in cutting back on fats, we are now eating a lot more carbohydrates— ...Excessive carbohydrates lead not only to obesity but also, over time, to Type 2 diabetes and, very likely, heart disease.
The real surprise is that, according to the best science to date, people put themselves at higher risk for these conditions no matter what kind of carbohydrates... Yes, even unrefined carbs.
The second big unintended consequence of our shift away from animal fats is that we're now consuming more vegetable oils...All of these got a boost from the American Heart Association—which Procter & Gamble, the maker of Crisco oil, coincidentally helped launch as a national organization...but it brought many potential health problems in its wake.
Seeing the U.S. population grow sicker and fatter while adhering to official dietary guidelines has put nutrition authorities in an awkward position. Recently, the response of many researchers has been to blame "Big Food" ... but it is also fair to say that the food industry has simply been responding to the dietary guidelines issued by the AHA and USDA, which have encouraged high-carbohydrate diets...
(Excerpt) Read more at online.wsj.com ...
True.
How did we come to believe saturated fat and cholesterol are bad for us?
Most health problems in America today are caused by too much food and too little exercise.
That is all.
The one link to what causes heart disease is the link to your daddy. It’s all in the genes.
Most older nutritionists are so far behind the times that it’s sickening. And they’re not going to change their spiel. If they did, they’d have to admit their entire career was wrong. My wife’s nutritionist with
Kelsey-Seibold gave her a diet that includes everything. It’s just in smaller portions. Her blood sugar was under control in a week.
Prescription medications with their numerous side effects don’t do jack for you either.
Thank you for the link.
carbs are cheap and easy
the governments economic and agriculture policy has ensured this model.
Specifically it's the soybean oil... for many reasons, it is unfit for human consumption... yet, it is in everything.
Gary Taubes’s, in his landmark book, “Good Calories, Bad Calories, “ was one of the first to comprehensively challenge the fat/meat is bad nonsense.
Weston A. Price Foundation ping.
And they are shelf stable.
But look at the cost of most of the carbs that people buy: they are more expensive than healthy (other than being nonorganic, but that’s another story) alternatives.
What I have noted in my family is there was no heart disease until spread of supermarkets.
People stopped forking the farm, people started using oleo and margarine in place of butter.
It aint all genetics. My father was a n athlete all of his life, did not smoke or drink.
He had his first heart attack at 57, the one at 62 killed him.
His twin brother who lead the same lifestyle lived till 76 and died of respiratory failure.
I say enjoy life. Life is short.
I think the carbs are a lot easier and as another posters stated, shelf stable.
Here’s another way to look at it. The U.S. pays about $20B a year in direct farmer subsidies. About half of that goes for products to be consumed directly by people (as opposed to feeding animals, cotton, etc.) So that works out to less than $33 per year per American. Or, less than 10 cents a day subsidizing the average American diet.
I’m not for farm subsidies of any type, but they really aren’t a significant factor in people’s food choices.
It’s not that simple. The type of food eaten greatly impacts all sorts of blood and other health measures.
They subsidize grains and penalize meats. Now there’s a move to get people to eat bugs for protein and stop eating beef, pork and other meat.
They force farmers to track every single animal individually, for safety of course. But refuse to track a fraction of the number of illegals because the numbers just too high.
Carbs that are not used are converted to sugar which spikes the blood sugar, then the remainder is converted to fat.
It is a roller coaster.
I laugh that they used to advertise a bowl of sugar bombs and a glass of OJ as a balanced breakfast.
A couple of eggs and some meat is far better for you, and you won’t feel hungry in 2 hours.
Hey, I’m here on FR and illegal immigration is one of my big issues. They’ve idiotically been peddling their grain pyramid and its equivalent for decades. They’ve been a disastrous influence on American health, and Americans would be much healthier today if the government had just butted out of their dietary habits.
But the cost of eating better is not really a great argument, and the government’s influence on the cost of carbs versus proteins has been minimal.
I absolutely, totally agree with you. It is an exception when I’m eating out by which I’ll consume wheat, rice, starchy potatoes or sugars.
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