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Wednesday 2 May 2012

Dr Kendrick's 14 country study on saturated fat and heart disease.

"Dr Malcolm Kendrick looked at figures gathered by the World Health Organization on saturated-fat consumption and heart-disease rates in countries throughout Europe.

He then grouped them into the seven countries with the lowest consumption of saturated fat, and compared this to their rate of heart disease, and also grouped the seven countries with the highest consumption of saturated fat and compared this to their rate of heart disease.


Every single one of the seven countries with the lowest saturated-fat consumption has significantly higher rates of heart disease than every single one of the seven countries with the highest saturated-fat consumption."



For decades we have been brainwashed into believing saturated fat causes heart disease. So many people believe this a fact. This is arguably, the most ludicrous piece of dietary information and biggest scam ever hoisted on the medical profession and general public.

A meta-analysis published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, pooled together data from 21 unique studies that included almost 350,000 people, about 11,000 of whom developed cardiovascular disease (CVD), tracked for an average of 14 years, and concluded that there is no relationship between the intake of saturated fat and the incidence of heart disease or stroke.

Conclusions: A meta-analysis of prospective epidemiologic studies showed that there is no significant evidence for concluding that dietary saturated fat is associated with an increased risk of CHD or CVD. More data are needed to elucidate whether CVD risks are likely to be influenced by the specific nutrients used to replace saturated fat.



Eddie
http://www.ajcn.org/content/early/2010/01/13/ajcn.2009.27725.abstract


http://healthydietsandscience.blogspot.co.uk/2010/04/dr-kendricks-14-country-study-on.html



1 comment:

Lowcarb team member said...

That low fat evangelist noblehead has been posting his usual BHF cholesterol guide!

"Triglycerides are another type of fatty substance in the blood. They're found in foods such as dairy products, meat and cooking oils. They can also be produced in the body, either by the body’s fat stores or in the liver.

People who are very overweight, eat a lot of fatty and sugary foods, or drink too much alcohol are more likely to have a high triglyceride level. People with high triglyceride levels have a greater risk of developing cardiovascular disease than people with lower levels."

http://www.bhf.org.uk/heart-health/conditions/high-cholesterol.aspx

I get through a lot of sat fat so you would expect my trigs to be high right! no it has just the opposite effect, as many other diabetics following LCHF have found lowering carbs and increasing fat leads to a far better lipid panel my HDL is higher and LDL lower. Yes my total cholesterol is higher than recommended but lowering the fat will only bring HDL down and have little effect if any on LDL, replacing fat with carbs will increase trigs and again have little effect on LDL.

Graham