Friday, March 7, 2014

Sugar, Not Fat, Real Heart Disease Killer

Low-fat diets do not curb heart disease or help you live longer. Cardiovascular research scientist James DiNicolantonio says the real enemy is sugar and carbohydrates.
Low-fat diets do not curb heart disease or help you live longer – the real enemy is sugar and carbohydrates, according to a leading scientist.

Current dietary advice is based on flawed evidence from the 1950s that has demonised saturated fat and put public health at risk, he said.

James DiNicolantonio, a cardiovascular research scientist in New York, said: ‘We need a public health campaign as strong as the one we had in the 70s and 80s demonising saturated fats, to say that we got it wrong.’ Read more

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