It Starts With Food: Discover the Whole30 and Change Your Life in Unexpected Ways by Hartwig Melissa & Hartwig Dallas

Author:Hartwig, Melissa & Hartwig, Dallas [Hartwig, Dallas]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, pdf
Publisher: Victory Belt Publishing
Published: 2012-06-19T04:00:00+00:00

Sat-Fat Myth #3: Saturated fat is artery-clogging.

This is the big one, folks. The big myth. The big lie. And we’re about to expose it.

Keep an open mind, OK?

We’ve all heard the one about how saturated fat causes heart attacks and strokes. In fact, saturated fat is often described as “artery clogging!” But while the logic may seem sound (eating fat fills your arteries with fat), the facts don’t add up.

In 2010, the Journal of Clinical Nutrition compiled a landmark meta-analysis of the results of 21 studies that followed more than 347,000 total participants for up to 23 years. The studies tracked dietary habits, including intake of saturated fat and the participants’ incidence of heart attack and stroke. The meta-analysis found: “There is no significant evidence for concluding that dietary saturated fat is associated with an increased risk of coronary heart disease, stroke, or cardiovascular disease.”

Got it? This massive study-of-studies published by a highly respected scientific organization concluded that saturated fat and cholesterol do not cause heart disease or stroke.

Does that surprise you?

We thought it might.

So if saturated fat is not, in fact, “artery clogging,” what is at the root of lifestyle-related diseases and conditions like heart disease and stroke? Take one guess.

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