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Low Fat diets, time to rethink it

Low Fat diets, time to rethink it

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by: FoFa Active Indicator LED Icon 17 OP 
~ 10 years ago   Jun 11, '13 12:10pm  
"It actually says, if you eat more fat, albeit the right kind of fat,… you're less likely to die of not only prostate cancer, but really of any cause, which really flies in the face of this ‘low-fat, low-fat, low-fat' mantra that we've been told for decades now."Men who reported getting the highest proportion of their daily calories from vegetable fat - more than 21 percent - after their diagnosis were about one-third less likely to die during the study than those who ate the least vegetable fat. And they had a borderline lower risk of developing lethal cancer.On the other hand, men who ate a similar amount of animal fat tended to be more likely to die during follow up, from prostate cancer or anything else, than those who skimped on animal meat.Erin Richman of the University of California, San Francisco, and her colleagues found that switching 10 percent of daily calories from carbohydrates to vegetable fat was linked to a 29 percent lower risk of lethal prostate cancer and a 26 percent lower chance of dying from any cause.LINK 4951
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WskyTngoFxtrt Active Indicator LED Icon 10
~ 10 years ago   Jun 11, '13 12:24pm  
Well there's a big difference between saturated fat (bad - mainly from beef, pork, etc) and monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats (good - usually from veggies/fish, etc). Mono and poly have omega-3 & omega-6 fatty acids that are heart healthy and lowers cholesterol. Unsaturated fat and hydrogenated oil basically just clogs up your arteries. So the "low fat" statements we've been hearing is a bit misleading. Probably the best diet to follow is a Mediterranean diet where they eat a lot of veggies cooked in olive oil. 4951
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~ 10 years ago   Jun 11, '13 12:25pm  
It is all about eating the right carbs, the right fat, and the right proteins. 4951
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GoldenGirl Active Indicator LED Icon 15
~ 10 years ago   Jun 11, '13 12:44pm  
it's confusing as hell !!!!!!    Emoticon   Emoticon 4951
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~ 10 years ago   Jun 11, '13 2:42pm  
it's confusing as hell !!!!!!    Emoticon   Emoticon
 
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That's because it is so highly politicized. There is a lot of money in the food industry, the diet industry and even in the field of nutrition. So many opposing viewpoints. It is enough to make your head spin trying to figure out who to trust and what are the agendas of the different groups. 4951
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