In the 50s and 60s the American government went on a campaign
against dietary fats.
Indeed, Dr. Atkins wrote in the «New Diet Revolution» that, «The thirty - year - long campaign
against dietary fat is as misguided as it is futile».
The McGovern commission, after all, was the source of the disastrous government campaign
against dietary fat.
Not exact matches
This new study and many other previous studies clearly contradict the propaganda espoused by Big Pharma and the U.S. Government
dietary advice, which has been waging a war
against saturated
fats since the 1970s and the McGovern Report that promoted the false hypothesis that saturated
fats led to an increase in lipid cholesterol levels and an increased risk for heart disease.
(See: Hepatoprotective Activity of Dried - and Fermented - Processed Virgin Coconut Oil) As the foundation of the lipid theory of heart disease and the prejudices
against saturated
fats and coconut oil in particular continue to crumble, more and more research will validate the truth of what is already known by millions of coconut oil consumers around the world: coconut oil is the healthiest
dietary oil on earth!
By using antibiotics and microbiota transplantation, the investigators showed that gut microbiota plays a causal role in
dietary CAP - induced protective phenotype
against high -
fat - diet - induced CLGI and obesity.
But the importance of the
fats lives on beyond infancy; we need
dietary replenishment of them throughout adulthood, middle age, and into seniority to keep the immune system vigilant
against the development of cancerous cells as well as infectious invaders.»
The Committee reversed a long - standing prohibition on
dietary cholesterol, no longer placing any limits on the amount of cholesterol in the diet; however, elsewhere in the Report the Committee warns
against consumption of cholesterol - rich foods like whole eggs, meat and organ meats and full -
fat dairy foods..
High -
Fat Diets Rich in
Dietary Saturated
Fat Protect
Against Azoxymethane / Dextran Sulfate Sodium Induced Colon Cancer.
The thought of eating more
dietary fat goes
against the grain for many of us trained in the school of thought that «
fat causes
fat.»
The
Fat Flush Plan sings the praises of dietary fat in one breath and warns against it in the ne
Fat Flush Plan sings the praises of
dietary fat in one breath and warns against it in the ne
fat in one breath and warns
against it in the next.
Going
against the «grain,» Dr. Perlmutter asserts: «The origin of brain disease is in many cases predominantly
dietary... to a large extent numerous neurological afflictions often reflect the mistake of consuming too many carbs and too few healthy
fats.»
Dietary fruits and vegetables appear to provide some protection
against the direct impairment of endothelial function produced by high -
fat foods, including olive oil.
Dietary fats and oils high in antioxidants provide the best protection
against lipid oxidation.
A high
fat low carb ketogenic diet is increasingly being studied as a cure for many diseases, but goes
against USDA
dietary recommendations and «official» nutrition and diet groups.
Plotting participants self - reported height, weight, and 7 days of
dietary info (recorded using an online calorie counter), we can plot percentage of daily calories from
fat (all sources)
against body mass index (BMI)-- which we calculate from the height and weight of the participant.
Moreover, whereas it is not known whether diet - induced increases in HDL cholesterol confer protection
against CVD risk that would be inferred from epidemiologic data, this effect of
dietary saturated
fat requires consideration when assessing its net effect on CVD risk.
So here's the lesson, the moral of this story: before we assume that low - carbohydrate diets are just one tool in the
dietary arsenal
against overweight and obesity, and before we assume that everyone is different and that some of us lose weight and keep it off because we eat less
fat (and more carbohydrates) and some because we cut carbs (and so eat maybe more
fat), we should make an effort to understand the concept of controlling variables and look to see which variables are really changing and by how much.
In severe cases,
dietary deficiency of
fat or protein can affect the skin and coat so much that protection
against infection and ability to heal are impaired.