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Are you afraid of saturated fat?

whiteonion · 2011-02-06 11:10:11

People like me born in the from 1975-1985 have been brought up to believe that saturated fat is dangerous and willl cause heart disease. This belief comes from a study by Ancel Keys, the seven countries study. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancel_Keys#Seven_Countries_Study This study was very flawed and he cherry picked data…

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#32 08-02-2011 10:07AM

Red Cortina

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true-or-false wrote: »

I know that you guys aren't really talking in absolutes, but I think the worst thing that's happened to eating habits (by worst, I'm exaggerating) is the concept of good and bad foods.

In fairness though I think that the only thing that you can call a rancid polyunsaturated fat is 'bad'!!!

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