American Journal of Clinical Nutrition: Dietary Intake of Saturated Fat

[Ogden]

I went back about 5 pages or so to see if anyone had posted this article from the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, regarding dietary saturdated fat intake.

Pretty interesting, and while not an embrace of low-carb in any way, still a decent article in a top industry publication on re-thinking the role of saturated fats, and throughout, as I take it, implying the re-thinking of the role of carbohydrates.

It also does a decent job, IMO, of presenting the idea that individuals and individual responses to diet should be considered when making sweeping dietary reccommendations.

Anyway, YMMV, and as I said I haven't read it all, but check it out!

http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/80/3/550

[bluesmoke]

What a great addition to this site! Very interesting, Nobimbo, thanks for this as well as your many other contributions. Nyah Levi

[tom sawyer]

Anthony Colpo posted this reference in one of his latest newsletters (omnivore.com). I read it last week. Its amazing how little research has been done, and how conflicting the results are. Yet, the politics pushes the recommendations forward.

It reminds me very much, of the approach to environmental regulations. If 1ppb of dioxin emissions is acceptable, then 0.1ppb must be ten times better. No matter that it costs millioins of dollars that could be better spent on other more fruitful health measures.

[nobimbo]

What a great addition to this site! Very interesting, Nobimbo, thanks for this as well as your many other contributions. Nyah Levi

Thank you for the compliment, Nyah:) However, I didn't post this one, Ogden did. I agree it's a very interesting article. Thanks, Ogden!

Linda

[K Walt]

Imagine that, somebody actually looking at the DATA, the INFORMATION on saturated fat to see what the real situation is. Never mind the religion, the prejudice, the fashion.

Gosh. What a concept.


Of course, no one will pay a lick of attention to this. Least of all the 'dieticians' who already know everything, and shut their brains off the day they leave school.

[eryalen]

Sort of makes Mary Enig look like a visionary.

[ewert]

Or rather, makes the fat-phobia look like a very finely managed masshysteria that convinces even rational (?) scientists to ignore data and go with the flow. :P

[Groggy60]

Really makes you wonder why there is so much resistence to low-carb while there was so little resistence to low-fat. While reading it, I became aware of how dangerous the low-fat diet likely is.

[ceberezin]

Excellent article! Technical yet readable. A must read for any journalist who pretends to wisdom about nutrition. The authors mention several times that the food processing industry bent over backwards to accomodate the low fat hypothesis. Is there any doubt that some of the hostility to low carbing has to do with powerful interests protecting their investment.

[bluesmoke]

Oops, sorry Ogden. Nyah Levi

[tom sawyer]

I personally feel sorry for food processors and any farmers that are hurt by this whole business. It is my opinion that they are just trying to give the consumer what he/she wants, and its very much a moving target these days.