Thursday, May 15, 2014

Theory of Saturated Fat Triggers Heart Disease Questioned

So far, health experts continue to warn us of the dangers of saturated fat because it can increase the risk of heart disease . Which is considered a healthy diet is the least saturated fat content .

However , this assumption is called into question by a new study in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine which says , saturated fat is not a single nutritional factors that trigger heart disease .
Prompts for reducing saturated fat foods , such as cheese , butter , or red meat originally came from a study from the University of Minnesota in the 1950 study conducted by Ancel Benjamin Keys .

Research conducted in 7 countries concluded that saturated fats can increase cholesterol levels that increase the risk of heart disease . Since then , the dogma of saturated fat causes heart disease was widely spread throughout the world .
But then , a number of criticisms leveled at the Keys study . Criticism based on some norm deviation basic science conducted by Keys .
One of them , a study conducted Keys are not randomly select countries targeted in the analysis , but rather choose countries that prove the hypothesis , namely Yugoslavia , Finland , and Italy .

While the countries that consume the most fat known as France , Switzerland , Swrdia , and West Germany were excluded . Though the country's heart disease incidence is relatively low .
There are other studies that support more saturated fats bad for the heart , but once again is questionable . The study states , the use of vegetable -based oils , such as soybean oil or corn oil is better than animal .

Unfortunately , the study did not include other factors such as smoking increases the risk of heart disease . Then the results of a study that was not to be trusted completely .
One of the consequences of the dogma that highlighted the dangers of saturated fat are now indeed reduced fat but so eat more carbohydrates .
At the very least , researchers noted since the 1970s , there was an increase in carbohydrate consumption average of 25 percent . While saturated fat consumption has decreased 11 percent .

In other words , rather than eating meat , eggs , or cheese , people now eat more pasta , grains , starchy fruits or vegetables such as potatoes . In fact, excess carbohydrate consumption not only increases the risk of obesity , but also type 2 diabetes and heart disease .

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