The truth on heart disease, saturated fats and cholesterol

[Leeroid]

http://www.sott.net/article/242516-Heart-surgeon-speaks-out-on-what-really-causes-heart-disease

 

This article suggests that medical doctors have been flawed in reccommending diets that restrict fat intake, saturated fats in particular. Cholesterol, which has always been blamed as the cause of heart disease is merely a symptom of heart disease, not the cause.

 

Ironically, the very fats (polyunsaturated fats) that doctors recommend have been shown to cause artery inflammation which is the main cause of heart disease. The article states that this is due to these fats being high in Omega 6 and when the Omega 6:Omega 3 ratio exceeds 3:1, the body produces cytokines that directly cause inflammation. So in fact, they are now recommending saturated fats instead of unsaturated fats.

 

Cliffs:

Doctors were wrong about cholesterol

Artery inflammation is the main cause of heart disease, not cholesterol

Artery inflammation is caused by excessive sugar and excessive Omega-6 consumption

Saturated fats don't raise cholesterol levels or cause heart disease

 

 

The article seems to make sense to me but looking at the site the article is hosted on, I'm inclined to think it may just be another one of those conspiracy things. They have all kinds of conpiracy theories on there. What do you guys think?

[Phedder]

Haven't read your article, will do later tonight. I totally agree with your cliffs, and if you need convincing then read this: http://www.drcranton.com/nutrition/oiling.htm

It's a damn long read, but very informative and incredibly well researched and referenced. 

 

[Dinahlady]

Yeah, I think it's a myth that is continually perpetuated. 

Though I think people that are morbidly obese probably could benefit from reducing their sat fat amount. 

But the whole correlation totally misses the point that it is the type of lifestyle and eating habits/patterns that would counteract obesity and heart disease. 

They even showed us the figures correlating butter consumption and heart disease in New Zealand in my Epidemiology lecture this week. 

Yes - it is a real correlation and people who eat the most butter are the most likely to develop heart disease, on average, but eating butter isn't the reason why they do. It's their overall diet and mentallity and lack of exercise. But that kind of thing is not what drives social policy - facts and figures representing the whole of the general population do. So popular belief draws of that. 

So. Social policy correlates butter consumpton to heart disease and that causes the political/health structure change of allowing margarine to be sold in supermarkets.  This probably does slightly help those who consume the largest amount of butter/sat fats, slightly.

But then the after affect of that is years of promoting low fat diets that is not necessarily healthy for individuals who dont have the eating patterns that would be attributed to morbidly obese people. 

And then other facts still stand such as that if you smoke your risk of heart disease is doubled at every incidence of BMI - much more notable than butter consumption? 

 

[Daz69]

if you need convincing then read this: http://www.drcranton.com/nutrition/oiling.htm

It's a damn long read, but very informative and incredibly well researched and referenced. 

 

I remember your article well from when you first posted back in feb 2011, Its a great read I would highly recommend it...

[Leeroid]

 

if you need convincing then read this: http://www.drcranton.com/nutrition/oiling.htm

It's a damn long read, but very informative and incredibly well researched and referenced. 

 

I remember your article well from when you first posted back in feb 2011, Its a great read I would highly recommend it...

Damn, was reading for about 5 minutes and I thought I would be nearing the finish. Then I look at the scroller bar and it's only a quarter of the way down lol! Gave up after that but I get the gist of it. It's a sad but true reality that the health and wellbeing of humans are disregarded in order for corporations to make as much money as possible.

 

 

[Murhf]

There is a lot to be said for the inflimation caused by sugar on arterys. Part of the problem was doctors up till now have prescibed statins...horrible horrible drugs, they work to wipe out all fats from the blood. Hence making the good fats reduntant also. Was on them myself years ago, now I eat around 50grams butter daily, milk eggs, heaps of fish oil, oily fish and take no statins...doctor thinks Iam odd, tryed for a long time to push his shit on me, lol.  Anyway I.ve never felt better and have no heart problems to date.