Andy Hall wrote:
On 2007-05-19 10:03:55 +0100, (Peter Ashby) said:
The Medway Handyman wrote:
avocado wrote:
If your ceiling is that bad - what are your arteries like?
Probably fine. There is no scientifically proven link between a high
fat
diet and blocked arteries leading to heart disease.
Yes there is, it just involves people with genetic predisposition that
shows itself when they eat a high fat diet. It also of course depends on
the sort of fat as to how bad it is for you.
The point is that genetic testing is expensive and we're not sure we
have identified all the relevant alleles, so it is easier to assume you
are at risk and act accordingly.
Peter
Unfortunately, the food industries then go overboard on that and
neglect the point that so called low fat products simply substitute fat
for sugars and other unsuitable carbohydrates. Meanwhile, the medical
establishment goes overboard on recommending high carbohydrate diet with
little attention paid to glycaemic index and load.
Since excess carbohydrate is processed into various types of fat, it is
misleading to suggest that fat intake of itself is a/the major factor in
arterial blocking.
Moreover, since much medical research is funded by the food and drugs
conglomerates, projects and their outcomes tend to be funded to the
benefit of these organisations - e.g. eat low fat products and fix your
lipid profile with a statin.
Eat and drink what you fancy and you can't go far wrong. Pregnant women
get cravings and aversions for particular foods, and a similar mechanism
operates in all of us, albeit less pronounced. Everyone's metabolism is
different, and eating stuff you don't like because it's "good for you"
makes for a miserable existence and is probably itself a major cause of
health problems.