It really is very difficult to imagine how animal fat could be bad for you, since for 2.5 million our ancestors were mainly top level carnivore Hunter Gatherers. Our evolutionary diet is based around eating the whole animal, including all the really fatty bits none of us eat today.
There is no scientific evidence that links saturated fat directly to heart disease. It was only ever based on the observation that:
(1) Saturated fat causes a rise in cholesterol
(2) High cholesterol is associated with cardiovascular disease.
The trouble is that (1) is only true over the very short term (in people that don't have familial hypercholesterolemia), and that (2) has largely been debunked now that we know more about different types of blood lipids and their influence on CV disease.
http://feinmantheother.com/articles...treatment-of-diabetes-and-metabolic-syndrome/
And now the theory is that inflammation is the main cause for cardiovascular disease, brought on by to much high blood sugar, while high cholesterol (total cholesterol) have almost nothing to do with it. Interestingly in elderly a slightly higher cholesterol is actually beneficial.
Lol... Brilliant !You mistook the signs it was the toast she was using Joe
You know how when we talk about low carb and high fat there often comes a post that says 'the problem with all of this is that there are no studies on the safety or efficacy of a low carb diet'?
How come the shelves are stuffed full of skimmed and semi skimmed milk.. When did that actually start?
I'm not convinced that semi skimmed milk is actually better than whole milk since all this info coming out about low fat/fat etc.
It really is very difficult to imagine how animal fat could be bad for you, since for 2.5 million our ancestors were mainly top level carnivore Hunter Gatherers. Our evolutionary diet is based around eating the whole animal, including all the really fatty bits none of us eat today.
There is no scientific evidence that links saturated fat directly to heart disease. It was only ever based on the observation that:
(1) Saturated fat causes a rise in cholesterol
(2) High cholesterol is associated with cardiovascular disease.
The trouble is that (1) is only true over the very short term (in people that don't have familial hypercholesterolemia), and that (2) has largely been debunked now that we know more about different types of blood lipids and their influence on CV disease.
Yes - I eat an 80%+ fat diet and my cholesterol is too low, despite gorging myself on the fattiest cuts of meat I can lay my hands on, often smeared in butter. In some ways too low might be worse than too high.
I've actually been told by an endocrinologist that there's no such thing as "too low" when it comes to cholesterol. That was when I asked whether total cholesterol of 2.8 (in one of my kids) was anything to worry about. I don't understand why they panic if we go above the upper limit but not if we go below the lower one. Why set a lower limit if going below it is good?I'm also hypocholesterolemic yet am finding it hard to get anyone at my GP's practice to even acknowlage this.
Possibly they are the wrong "specialist". Whilst there are steroid hormones. Steroids appear to be fundermentally important to eukaryotes.I've actually been told by an endocrinologist that there's no such thing as "too low" when it comes to cholesterol.
That was when I asked whether total cholesterol of 2.8 (in one of my kids) was anything to worry about. I don't understand why they panic if we go above the upper limit but not if we go below the lower one. Why set a lower limit if going below it is good?
Not sure I agree with your endocrinologist: the "all-causes mortality" graph clealyshows that low-cholesterol is as damaging to your health as high cholesterol (perhaps even more so). However, there may be some mitigating factors, one of which is that low-cholesterol may be a symptom of sever terminal conditions, rather than the cause of them:
My Total Cholesterol is 140 mg/dl which is "off the scale" on the left hand side of this plot.
However, since I eat an 80% fat diet, and participate in regular strenuous exercise, I've decided there is little I can do about my low cholesterol, so there is little point in worrying about it.
Coconut oil, olive oil and butter, the first two should be virgin high quality and butter grass-fedThen what oils do you use ??
Blimey; it's all go today on The Telegraph; here's another one that will sound strangely familiar
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/dietandfitness/9160114/The-bitter-truth-about-sugar.html
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Exactly. I love a fry up and especially fried bread. The trouble is, I never used to be able to eat it because of all the fat, now I can't eat it because of the bread.
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