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    AHA reaffirms anti-saturated fat stance

    https://www.medpagetoday.com/cardiol...evention/66062

    Replace it with unsaturated vegetable oil for heart health, advisory says

    by Crystal Phend, Senior Associate Editor, MedPage Today

    June 15, 2017

    This article is a collaboration between MedPage Today® and: Medpage Today

    The American Heart Association doubled down on its dietary recommendations in an advisory calling for switching poly- and mono-unsaturated vegetable oil for saturated fats to help prevent heart disease.
    "Taking into consideration the totality of the scientific evidence, satisfying rigorous criteria for causality, we conclude strongly that lowering intake of saturated fat and replacing it with unsaturated fats, especially polyunsaturated fats, will lower the incidence of CVD," said the advisory, published Thursday in Circulation.

    The AHA president-initiated advisory acknowledged that meta-analyses have disagreed about whether dietary saturated fat really hurts the heart. It has been even more hotly debated on social media and the popular press.
    "We want to set the record straight on why well-conducted scientific research overwhelmingly supports limiting saturated fat in the diet to prevent diseases of the heart and blood vessels," lead author Frank Sacks, MD, of the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston, said in an AHA press release.
    It emphasized that the fat intake recommendations are only as part of an overall healthful dietary pattern, such as DASH or the Mediterranean diet. Reduction in total dietary fat or a goal for total fat intake were not recommended.
    The evidence cited centered on four trials comparing high saturated fat intake against high intake of polyunsaturated fats with at least 2 years of sustained intervention, objective adherence measures, and validated cardiovascular event monitoring. Together, those trials showed a relative risk of 0.71 for coronary heart disease (95% CI 0.62-0.81).
    Replacing saturated fat with refined carbohydrates and sugars doesn't have a benefit, other studies suggested.

    One largely saturated fat that many see as healthy -- coconut oil -- raised LDL cholesterol more than safflower or olive oil in carefully-controlled studies, on par with other saturated fats like butter and beef fat.
    Given the lack of "offsetting favorable effects, we advise against the use of coconut oil," the advisory noted.

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    I wonder why I don't believe them?

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    What an idiotic article. Vegetable oil? It's basically an example of 'that's our story and we're sticking to it' regardless of what all the research is saying now. They're like the nutrition side of humans causing global warming crowd.

    Follow the $$$$. There's your answer. AHA and the AMA both are in somebody's pockets.

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    Quote Originally Posted by fuego View Post
    What an idiotic article. Vegetable oil? It's basically an example of 'that's our story and we're sticking to it' regardless of what all the research is saying now. They're like the nutrition side of humans causing global warming crowd.

    Follow the $$$$. There's your answer. AHA and the AMA both are in somebody's pockets.
    Now that I've read the article, and the comments there, most of the commenters are saying it much better than I have. Notice the 'disclosure' at the end of the article and the comments are worth reading too. There's more knowledge in the comments than there is from the AHA in the article.

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    Quote Originally Posted by fuego View Post
    What an idiotic article. Vegetable oil? It's basically an example of 'that's our story and we're sticking to it' regardless of what all the research is saying now. They're like the nutrition side of humans causing global warming crowd.

    Follow the $$$$. There's your answer. AHA and the AMA both are in somebody's pockets.
    I was going to say the same thing.

    Unfortunately, people are going to believe them. Same as global warming, cancer and vaccinations.

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    Here is an addendum made 4 days after the article was published :

    "Two members of the panel disclosed relationships with industry and advocacy organizations, including Amarin, the California Walnut Commission, Ag Canada, the Canola Oil Council, National Cattlemen's Beef Association, Seafood Nutrition Partnership, TerraVia, and Avocado Nutrition Science Advisors."

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    Eat more real bacon (pork not fake turkey) to counter this terrible evil

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cardinal TT View Post
    Eat more real bacon (pork not fake turkey) to counter this terrible evil
    You have a lot of zeal for bacon and with the proper knowledge. I think. Or maybe not.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Colonel View Post
    You have a lot of zeal for bacon and with the proper knowledge. I think. Or maybe not.

    Psalm 107:9 (NIV).... and fills the hungry with good things

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cardinal TT View Post
    Psalm 107:9 (NIV).... and fills the hungry with good things
    150 years ago that could have been candy covered with bright red paint full of lead, sold in London. Having some knowledge is a good thing.

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