Dr. Mercola December 15 2004 5,877 views
Throughout a three-year study, researchers examined the diets and coronary artery conditions of 235 women in the United States with an average age of 66. Most of the subjects consumed relatively low amounts of fat compared to the typical American diet: About 25 percent of the group's calories came from fats, compared to 40 percent or more in American diets. Other characteristics the subjects had in common included:
At the start of the study, researchers took X-ray images of 10 places along each woman's heart arteries. (All the subjects were found to have some plaque buildup.) The women kept comprehensive records of what foods they ate and how much, including what kinds of oils they used for frying and baking. At the end of the three-year period, researchers took a second set of X-ray images.
Decreased Heart Disease With Saturated Fat Intake
They found that women who had regularly eaten the highest amounts of saturated fats had the least amount of additional plaque buildup in their arteries. Also, women who ate more saturated fat had a healthier balance of good and bad cholesterols and more desirable blood concentrations of various kinds of fats.
Researchers adjusted the results based on factors such as age, education, smoking habits and use of medication.
Foods Containing Saturated Fats
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition November 2004 80(5);1102-1103
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition November 2004 80(5);1175-1184
In September 2004 I posted an article that discredited the prevailing myth in nearly all diet books that saturated fat is bad for you. Now, researchers have discovered that eating a diet high in saturated fats is associated with LESS progression of coronary artery disease in postmenopausal women.
Part of the scientific confusion about saturated fats relates to the fact that your body is capable of synthesizing the saturated fatty acids that it needs from carbohydrates -- these saturated fatty acids are principally the same ones that are present in dietary fats of animal origin. However, and this is the key, not all saturated fatty acids are the same. There are subtle differences that have profound health implications and having people avoid all saturated fats will result in serious health consequences.
You see, most of what is known about the functions of fats is fragmented and biased by incorrect assumptions. This distorted viewpoint may have seriously compromised your health in that flawed recommendations have been given.
Also, contrary to what you hear on the news, it is not the saturated fat in the foods we eat that is causing all of this heart disease, but rather, and far more, it is the excess carbohydrates from our starch- and sugar-laden diet that is making people fat and unhealthy, and leading to epidemic levels of a host of diseases such as diabetes and later, heart disease.
Therefore, in order for you to optimize your health and prevent heart disease it is important for you to realize your metabolic type and eat according to it. What may be healthy for others is not necessarily healthy for you, and vice-versa. For example, nutritional typing predicts one-third of people will do very well on LOW saturated fat diets, while another one-third of people need relatively HIGHER saturated fat diets to stay healthy.
You can find out what type you are right now by taking my free online nutritional type test!
Finally, if you are interested in learning more about saturated fat and the myths surrounding it, I highly recommend reading The Truth About Saturated Fat by Mary Enig and Sally Fallon.
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I must comment here that this information doesn't address the glaring difference between animal fat in meat versus animal fat in dairy. Leviticus 3:17
" 'This is a lasting ordinance for the generations to come, wherever you live: You must not eat any fat or any blood.' "
Leviticus 7:23
"Say to the Israelites: 'Do not eat any of the fat of cattle, sheep or goats.
Leviticus 7:24
The fat of an animal found dead or torn by wild animals may be used for any other purpose, but you must not eat it.
Leviticus 7:25
Anyone who eats the fat of an animal from which an offering by fire may be made to YHWH must be cut off from his people.
Surely it must be known that fat in meat contains the toxins of the animal that don't get filtered out in the urine (ureaic acid in the blood ~ another reason to eat kosher). The law of sin (breaking YHWH's commands) and death has consequences as true as gravity. Yes, the Messiah died to take the curse for us - but not to continue in slavery to sin (breaking YHWH's commands) but to live for doing what He shows us is right (righteousness ~ keeping His commands with a new heart with new desires).
When will there be a study on these clear cut principles?
In Yahushua the Messiah,
Carol
yeah because Leviticus was written by scientists who had empirical observations for their laughable claims