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Posted: 25 May 2015, 09:435 common health food myths
By Rachel Burge | May 25th 2015
Cutting saturated fat is the key to a healthy heart
Experts have warned us to eat less saturated fat, the type found in meat, butter and cheese, for decades - but new research suggests it's sugar we should really be worried about. Scientists looked at the link between diet and heart health in nearly 80 studies involving more than half a million people. The research, published in the March issue of Annals of Internal Medicine, found that low consumption of saturated fats does not decrease the risk of heart disease.
However, this shouldn't be taken as a green-light to eat more butter, steak and cream. What this study shows is that when saturated fat is replaced with sugar and refined starch in the diet, it has an adverse effect, increasingly low-density lipoproteins (bad cholesterol). It's advisable to swap saturated fats for healthy monounsaturated fats found in the typical Mediterranean diet, like nuts, fish, avocado and olive oil, but it's important to cut sugar too.
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By Rachel Burge | May 25th 2015
Cutting saturated fat is the key to a healthy heart
Experts have warned us to eat less saturated fat, the type found in meat, butter and cheese, for decades - but new research suggests it's sugar we should really be worried about. Scientists looked at the link between diet and heart health in nearly 80 studies involving more than half a million people. The research, published in the March issue of Annals of Internal Medicine, found that low consumption of saturated fats does not decrease the risk of heart disease.
However, this shouldn't be taken as a green-light to eat more butter, steak and cream. What this study shows is that when saturated fat is replaced with sugar and refined starch in the diet, it has an adverse effect, increasingly low-density lipoproteins (bad cholesterol). It's advisable to swap saturated fats for healthy monounsaturated fats found in the typical Mediterranean diet, like nuts, fish, avocado and olive oil, but it's important to cut sugar too.
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