Sorry for flooding this category with articles, but it interesting to me and provides support for the way I (we) view nutrition.
Someone posted this article in another forum.
From the article:
‘Medical research is, however, gradually moving away from the recommendations just mentioned, according to the report “Fat: The New Health Paradigm,” issued by the Credit Suisse Research Institute. This report is based on more than 400 medical research papers and books written by academics and industry experts, as well as two in-house surveys of doctors, nutritionists and consumers. Eating cholesterol, for instance, has basically no impact on the level of cholesterol in the blood or on potential heart diseases, and the link between saturated fat intake and cardiovascular risk has not been proved. “But we found that 40 percent of nutritionists and 70 percent of general practitioners surveyed believe that eating cholesterol-rich foods has damaging cardiovascular effects. This is not true, according to the extensive research that has become available in recent years,” said Giles Keating, Vice Chairman of Investment Strategy & Research and Deputy Global Chief Investment Officer for Private Banking & Wealth Management. A high intake of vegetable oils (containing omega-6 polyunsaturated fats) has not been proved to be as beneficial as earlier thought, and trans-fats have been shown to have negative effects on our health. In short, saturated fats and monounsaturated fats are not behind the high rates of obesity and metabolic syndrome in the US. The two leading culprits are the higher intakes of vegetable oils and the increase in carbohydrate consumption.’
‘Medical research now recommends favoring food containing more natural unprocessed fats and rich in saturated and monounsaturated fats such as organic dairy, grass-fed meats, natural oils and nuts.’
‘Omega-3 has strong protective properties for our heart and brain," said Stefano Natella, Global Head of Equity Research and an author of the study. ‘