Uncovering the Hidden Truths of Saturated Fat
Saturated Fat to the Rescue
The “American Paradox?”
I’ve spent a good chunk of the last thirty years debunking the
notion that saturated fat (specifically, fat derived from
animals) in the diet leads to increased rates of coronary heart
disease – an absurd assertion that the politically correct, yet
medically ignorant mainstream media has been trumpeting
for an equally long spell. As usual, the boob-tube-and-byline
pundits have got it all wrongYet they’ll likely not spill one drop of ink reporting on the
latest in a long string of studies that point to saturated fat as a
boon to the heart-healthy, not the scourge the headlines
routinely portray it to be.The new study, published in a recent issue of the Journal of
Clinical Nutrition, flies directly in the face of some of the fat
police’s most widely-cited research: A 1959-1971 Finnish
mental hospital study which seemed to show that a diet high
in saturated fat (in this case, an institutional diet which was
no doubt also sky-high in refined carbohydrates and sugars)
correlated to an up to 65% greater incidence of coronary
heart disease among test subjects than did a diet higher in
unsaturated fats.But in this latest research, an American study of post-
menopausal women with heart disease, saturated fat in the
diet proved to be associated with a LESSER progression of
the disease than did higher consumption of “healthy”
unsaturated fats. Higher fat intakes in the study were
correlated with favorable trends in both HDL (good)
cholesterol and harmful triacylglycerol levels. In other
words: Hated saturated fats effectively slowed down heart
disease.To refresh your memory, saturated fats are those that remain
solid at room temperature (like animal fats). They are also a
major component of healthy cells, the preferred fuel for the
heart and muscles, powerful antiviral and antifungal agents,
and serve as cancer-fighting genetic “regulators” in the body.
Why didn’t you already know these things (if you haven’t
been with me for a while)? Because our fat-phobic, animal-
rights obsessed mainstream media wouldn’t report on it if it
were the cure for cancerSince this under-reported study used today’s “gold standard”
evaluative method (quantitative angiography) to derive its
results, it poses a direct challenge to less precise prior
research – as well as to the misguided popular assumption
that saturated fat in the diet drives heart disease. Now that we
Americans are finally starting to realize the heart-healthy,
waistline-trimming benefits of a higher-fat, low-carbohydrate
diet (thanks to the late, great Dr. Atkins and others), it will be
interesting to see whether this “American Paradox” will get
any play at all in USA Today, Time magazine or on the
evening newsI’m not holding my breath.
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Wining and diningI’ve written long and loud about the benefits of wine -
especially red wine – for the prevention of heart disease,
cancer, and for your overall good health and well-being. But
here’s another reason to sing wine’s praises:It’s a powerful antibacterial.
Reported in the November/December 2004 Journal of Food
Science, a recent U.S. study of both red and white wines
showed that all varieties tested (but again, the reds
especially) proved effective in neutralizing some of the most
common killers in the kitchen – including E. coli, Listeria,
Salmonella, and Staphylococcus.The study’s researchers hypothesized that the combined
effects of organic acids, ethanol, and a low pH were
responsible for this effect.If this research is accurate, it means that marinating or
cooking those chicken breasts or fish filets in wine adds not
just a powerful dose of healthy antioxidants and alcohol, but
a tasty measure of protection against some of the bacterial
baddies that may be lurking in even the cleanest kitchen.Bon appetit!
Always “cleaning up” – after the misguided mainstream,William Campbell Douglass II, MD
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from slick, TV-advertised formulas to generic, bulk retail
cheapies to $80-a-month concoctions hyped by nutrition “gurus”
you’ve never heard of before. Confusing, isn’t it?What’s missing in today’s glutted multivitamin market is
a good, honest, easily absorbable daily formula with all
the basic vitamins, minerals, and nutrients you need for
day-to-day health – with a price tag that won’t induce a
coronary. But such a thing simply didn’t existuntil now.Do we really need another multivitamin?
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