Is William Campbell Douglass for real?

[Joe]

From: "Joe" <rghill56@pacbell.net> Subject: William
Campbell Douglass-truth or fiction? Date: Tuesday, January
17, 2006 10:30 AM

Anyone have any opinions about this man's claims? He is
probably the most controversial M.D. that can be found.
Basically the rap is drinking water is bad, low cholesterol
is bad, saturated fat is good, etc. I don't necessarily
"trust" the medical establishment, but this guy seems a
little out there.

[Montygram]

Drinking water can vary from one place to another, and it's
not difficult to test for what is in it, so there should be
clear evidence for that claim, or else it should not be made.

Cholesterol is "bad" if it gets oxidized, but it's easy to
avoid that. Cook foods that contain cholesterol by boiling
only (assuming you don't want to eat it raw). Low cholesterol
means higher rates of cancer, bleeding strokes, death from
trauma, etc., so that is accurate. You might want to read
Moore's "Heart Failure," or other books like "The Cholesterol
Conspiracy" or "The Cholesterol Myths," though they don't
really seem to understand the role of oxidation (some of the
books are more than a few years old).

"Saturated fat" is a ridiculous phrase, as it is used to
describe lard, which is 39% saturated (though not chicken or
other fat sources that are not that much lower), and also
coconut oil, which is 92% saturated. The difference has to do
with how quickly the fat source goes rancid, which can be
measured by tests like the Rancimat. This is what makes a fat
source "good" or "bad," and lard is usually "bad" (in the
American diet context, for example), while coconut oil is
fine, though you should only buy the ones that actually taste
like coconut (that is, fresh ones). Butter is okay. Buy
organic, trim off the yellowed sides, and don't cook it.

Search this group for montygram if you want more
technical details.

[Eldred30@L]

Another site that presents a "Second Opinion" about Fats,
Cholesterol and Heart Disease is:
http://www.second-opinions.co.uk/cvd_index.html Excellent
reading. I found it hard to put it down.