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1 August, 2019

Government panel rules saturated fat in butter, cheese and meat IS bad for you and should be limited but angry experts slam the 'outdated and incompetent' advice

Scientific advisory committee advised against changing guidelines from 1994
It said saturated fat should make up no more than 10 per cent of daily calories
The fats found in dairy, cakes and biscuits increase the risk of heart disease
But a doctor and scientist accused the committee of ignoring evidence
They said the advice doesn't take into account the benefits of foods as a whole

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/...at-bad-you.html

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A (UK) Government committee has ruled the fat found in butter, cheese and meat should be avoided because it's bad for people's hearts.

Saturated fat has been the subject of debate for years because it can contribute to heart disease but is found in foods which also have health benefits.

The Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition today said there should be no change to 25-year-old official advice to try and avoid the fats.

They should make up no more than 10 per cent of someone's daily calorie intake, officials maintained, because of their link to high cholesterol and heart disease.

But critics argue that telling people to avoid saturated fat risks slicing out chunks of a balanced diet and turning them instead to more dangerous trans fats or sugar.

The University of Copenhagen's Dr Arne Astrup told MailOnline the committee's approach was 'outdated' and ignored evidence it'd be better to take a whole food approach to healthy eating.

And NHS consultant Dr Aseem Malhotra accused the panel of 'gross incompetence' and said evidence has suggested some types of fat actually lower heart disease risk.

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Dr Malhotra, a renowned cardiologist in the UK, told MailOnline: 'The SACN committee have once again revealed gross incompetence on their advice on consumption of saturated fat being a risk for heart disease.

'Not only does the totality of evidence reveal no adverse effect on cholesterol profile but that certain types of dairy saturated fat are associated with less heart disease.

'They would be doing the public a much greater service by advising on eating whole foods whilst reducing ultra processed foods which now makes up a staggering half of the British diet.'