[HiTech RedNeck]

I'd still assert that there haven't been enough years of experience with "pure" polyunsaturates to establish such a link in humans, even though monounsaturates are believed today to be healthier. (One notable study claimed that a goodly portion of olive oil would knock your chance of getting a heart attack down by almost 50% in the following 12 or so hours. Intriguing and a good excuse to eat more olives and olive oil, but I'd like to see the science affirm it.)

Anyhow, the partially hydrogenated fats, such as the old Crisco, were the form in which these polyunsaturates were mostly incorporated in the American diet. That period really cannot be counted in evaluating the effect of the polyunsaturates.

[editor-surveyor]

Dr. Hyman and Dr. Witacker have been curing type II diabetes for a couple of years now by getting people off of polyunsaturates. They rarely have a failure, and they have helped thousands of patients.

Type II was rare before WW II, and now its reaching 25% 0f the population. That corelates well with use of those oils. Heart disease seems to be fitting in there too.