Despite this study and a host of others (3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10) showing that low fat, high carbohydrate / sugar diets have been shown to increase heart disease risks by contributing to the conversion of large LDL particles to small particles, elevating triglycerides and lowering HDL and other saturated fat studies resulting in
shifts to large buoyant LDL (5), the 2015 - 2020
Dietary Guidelines for Americans continues to
encourage the public to adopt a low fat diet.