"Saturated fat does not
cause heart disease"—or so concluded a big study published in March in the
journal Annals of Internal Medicine. How could this be? The very cornerstone of
dietary advice for generations has been that the saturated fats in butter, cheese
and red meat should be avoided because they clog our arteries. For many
diet-conscious Americans, it is simply second nature to opt for chicken over
sirloin, canola oil over butter.
The new study's
conclusion shouldn't surprise anyone familiar with modern nutritional science,
however. The fact is, there has never been solid evidence for the idea that
these fats cause disease. We only believe this to be the case because nutrition
policy has been derailed over the past half-century by a mixture of personal
ambition, bad science, politics and bias.
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