The Nixon - era experiment had produced only a single journal paper, in 1989, which concluded that replacing saturated fats found in meat and dairy products with vegetable oils did
not reduce the risk of coronary heart disease or death.
Not exact matches
But clinical trials have
not shown that niacin
reduced the
risk of coronary heart disease or the broader cardiovascular
disease specifically by raising HDL.
By scouring the DNA
of thousands
of patients, researchers have discovered four rare gene mutations that
not only lower the levels
of triglycerides but also significantly
reduce a person & rsquo; s
risk of coronary heart disease
Limited and
not conclusive scientific evidence suggests that eating about 2 tablespoons (23 grams)
of olive oil daily may
reduce the
risk of coronary heart disease due to the monounsaturated fat in olive oil.
It states that «supportive but
not conclusive research shows that consumption
of EPA and DHA omega - 3 fatty acids may
reduce the
risk of coronary heart disease».
One editorial title in the British Journal
of Sports Medicine says it succinctly: «Saturated fat does
not clog the arteries:
coronary heart disease is a chronic inflammatory condition, the
risk of which can be effectively
reduced from healthy lifestyle interventions.»
People who replaced saturated fat in their diet with polyunsaturated fat (omega 3/6)
reduce their
risk of coronary heart disease by 19 percent, compared with control groups
of people who do
not.
29 Two years later, another study was published in the highly - esteemed British Medical Journal that concluded, «Saturated fats are
not associated with all - cause mortality, cardiovascular
disease,
coronary heart disease, stroke, or type 2 diabetes...» 30 Dietary saturated fats protect the
heart and
reduce the
risk of cardiovascular
disease.31
Bottom Line: Milk consumption was
not associated with a
reduced risk of heart disease, whereas dairy calcium seemed to protect against
coronary heart disease.
Saturated fat does
not clog the arteries:
coronary heart disease is a chronic inflammatory condition, the
risk of which can be effectively
reduced from healthy lifestyle interventions.