Post by ivymike55 on Jun 14, 2014 16:39:06 GMT -7
For more than five decades we’ve been brainwashed by people with an agenda to believe that saturated fat causes heart disease. It’s such a deeply ingrained belief that few people even question it. It’s just part of our culture now. Well folks we were duped. Lied to. led around like sheep by people who have been proven time and time again wrong. Remember eggs were bad for us. Coffee was bad for us. Beer and wine in any amount was bad for us. And we’ve suffered greatly as a result. Not only have we suffered from being encouraged to eat packaged and processed foods made with cheap, tasteless vegetable oils and refined carbohydrates (low-fat cuisine), but these very foods we were told would protect us from heart disease actually promote it! Well come to find out all of those hydrogenated oils that were rammed down our throats were actually far worse than butter, bacon drippings and lard.
A recent review in a meta-analysis published this week in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. It pooled together data from 21 unique studies that included almost 350,000 people, about 11,000 of whom developed cardiovascular disease (CVD), tracked for an average of 14 years, and concluded that there is no relationship between the intake of saturated fat and the incidence of heart disease or stroke. Futhermore it was revealed that hydrogenated vegatable oils and such released carcinogens when heated.
The theory that animal fats were bad for you came from University of Minnesota scientist Ancel Benjamin Keys who had a mixture of personal ambition, bad science, politics, and bias. In the 1950s, Keys began championing the idea that saturated fats raise bad cholesterol levels and, as a result, cause heart attacks. The country was struggling with a fast-growing epidemic of heart disease, and his theory fell on receptive ears. In 1961, Keys gained a seat on the American Heart Association's nutrition committee and that year the group issued the nation's first-ever recommendations targeted at reducing saturated fats consumption. Keys highly promoted the Mediteranian Diet. Again there was bad science and bias involved. Key went to Greece to study their diet because of the low incedences of heart ailments. The only problem with what he came away with was that he visited Greece during the week of Lent when the population ate no red meat. So even Key's "Mediteranian Diet" was based on bad science in his conclusions.
Shortly after, several studies touted the benefits of consuming vegetable oil—corn or soybean, but not olive—over animal fats, such as butter. Investigative Jounalist Nina Teicholz notes that the studies had "serious methodological problems," including not taking into account patients who smoked, but the bias had grown in "common sense."
As a result, Americans began replacing foods they believed high in saturated fats—meat, eggs, and cheese with carbohydrates—grains, pasta, fruit, and potatoes. While saturated fat consumption dropped by 11%, carbohydrate consumption has increased by at least 25% since the early 1970s. Even seemingly healthy foods such as low-fat yogurt became less healthy as manufacturers replaced fats with carbohydrate-based fillers to make up for the lost texture.
When carbohydrates break down into glucose, the body releases insulin and stores fat, which can lead to obesity, Type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. So, while Americans were trying to avoid heart conditions, they actually put themselves at a higher risk for them, Teicholz writes. "The reality is that fat doesn't make you fat or diabetic. Scientific investigations going back to the 1950s suggest that actually, carbs do."
Another consequence of the saturated fats scare is that Americans began consuming more vegetable oils, margarine, and Crisco. Some studies have linked the consumption patterns with higher rates of gallstones and cancer because those products used hydrogenated oils.
The problem is that people, especially children have not been getting enough excercise. Pure SWAG on my part is that those calling the shots with the reduction in required Phys Ed who are in the Dep. of ED and the NEA were all picked on when they were young and didn't want this generations children to experience what they went through because they weren't as good as little Johnny and Jane and claimed budget restraints and civil law suits as the reason to cut back on Phys Ed and children running at school. So in the end Michelle instead of pushing your big butt into the school diet scene where it doesn't belong causing schools to throw away tons of wasted food because the kids aren't eating your low fat diets garbage, use your weight where it belongs getting kids to exercise much more.
A recent review in a meta-analysis published this week in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. It pooled together data from 21 unique studies that included almost 350,000 people, about 11,000 of whom developed cardiovascular disease (CVD), tracked for an average of 14 years, and concluded that there is no relationship between the intake of saturated fat and the incidence of heart disease or stroke. Futhermore it was revealed that hydrogenated vegatable oils and such released carcinogens when heated.
The theory that animal fats were bad for you came from University of Minnesota scientist Ancel Benjamin Keys who had a mixture of personal ambition, bad science, politics, and bias. In the 1950s, Keys began championing the idea that saturated fats raise bad cholesterol levels and, as a result, cause heart attacks. The country was struggling with a fast-growing epidemic of heart disease, and his theory fell on receptive ears. In 1961, Keys gained a seat on the American Heart Association's nutrition committee and that year the group issued the nation's first-ever recommendations targeted at reducing saturated fats consumption. Keys highly promoted the Mediteranian Diet. Again there was bad science and bias involved. Key went to Greece to study their diet because of the low incedences of heart ailments. The only problem with what he came away with was that he visited Greece during the week of Lent when the population ate no red meat. So even Key's "Mediteranian Diet" was based on bad science in his conclusions.
Shortly after, several studies touted the benefits of consuming vegetable oil—corn or soybean, but not olive—over animal fats, such as butter. Investigative Jounalist Nina Teicholz notes that the studies had "serious methodological problems," including not taking into account patients who smoked, but the bias had grown in "common sense."
As a result, Americans began replacing foods they believed high in saturated fats—meat, eggs, and cheese with carbohydrates—grains, pasta, fruit, and potatoes. While saturated fat consumption dropped by 11%, carbohydrate consumption has increased by at least 25% since the early 1970s. Even seemingly healthy foods such as low-fat yogurt became less healthy as manufacturers replaced fats with carbohydrate-based fillers to make up for the lost texture.
When carbohydrates break down into glucose, the body releases insulin and stores fat, which can lead to obesity, Type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. So, while Americans were trying to avoid heart conditions, they actually put themselves at a higher risk for them, Teicholz writes. "The reality is that fat doesn't make you fat or diabetic. Scientific investigations going back to the 1950s suggest that actually, carbs do."
Another consequence of the saturated fats scare is that Americans began consuming more vegetable oils, margarine, and Crisco. Some studies have linked the consumption patterns with higher rates of gallstones and cancer because those products used hydrogenated oils.
The problem is that people, especially children have not been getting enough excercise. Pure SWAG on my part is that those calling the shots with the reduction in required Phys Ed who are in the Dep. of ED and the NEA were all picked on when they were young and didn't want this generations children to experience what they went through because they weren't as good as little Johnny and Jane and claimed budget restraints and civil law suits as the reason to cut back on Phys Ed and children running at school. So in the end Michelle instead of pushing your big butt into the school diet scene where it doesn't belong causing schools to throw away tons of wasted food because the kids aren't eating your low fat diets garbage, use your weight where it belongs getting kids to exercise much more.