Sid Bonkers wrote :
And I still feel that despite what many LC'ers say very few cardiologists would agree that it is a good idea to increase sat fats in your diet and I am aware that someone will have a video of some cardiologist saying otherwise but one swallow does not a summer make.
Sid, I would agree with your one swallow analogy.
I would suggest to anyone wanting to understand how saturated fat came to be demonised - yes there was a time when it was considered healthy, and probably will be again, that they read (with an open mind) this book :
The Diet Delusion by Gary Taubes (also known under its US title Good Calories, Bad Calories)
No one has to agree with all his conclusions, but his expose of how dietary recommendations come/came about is eye-opening.
People (not just one swallow) objected at the time, and the health of nations in the meantime is hardly a glowing testimony of embracing a low-fat approach.
In my understanding the demonisation of saturated fat was NEVER proved. Most people do think it was, however, with so many medics singing from the same hymn sheet.
Old habits die hard is the saying (and to remove one wonky leg from a stool makes the whole stool fall over.)
My studies have shown me that saturated fat is not only NOT bad, but good for you.
So to return to the thread, Lucy was in a quandary, because lowering carb intake necessarily raises protein or fat or both.
Protein and fat tend to be more satiating, whereas many people recognise how it's easy to just carry on eating carbs (I used to demolish a tub of Pringles in one go, or follow one bag of crisps with another)
Taubes' book, if nothing else, demonstrates that medical concensus is not always a good indicator of what's good for you.
It's worth a read whatever your viewpoint.
Geoff
