Thursday, February 09, 2006

DON'T GET THE WRONG IDEA!!!!!

http://www.latimes.com/features/health/nutrition/la-sci-lowfat8feb08,1,2376918.story?coll=la-health-nutrition-news

Eating Lean Doesn't Cut Risk
In the largest such study, a low-fat diet failed to lower rates of cancer or heart disease in women.......

The finding contradicts the claims of proponents of low-carbohydrate diets, such as the Atkins Diet, that high carbs increase the risk of diabetes.The women in the study "did not show any signs of diabetes, their triglycerides were normal, and their blood glucose was normal," said Dr. Elizabeth G. Nabel, director of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, which sponsored the study......
For cardiovascular disease, animal fats were known to play a role in the buildup of artery-clogging plaque, whereas the role of protective vegetable fats had not yet been recognized.Studies of women in countries with low-fat diets showed a lower incidence of breast cancer, which rose when the women migrated here and began consuming an American diet. And red meats, which have a high fat content, had been linked to colorectal cancer......

Concluded Nestle: "My advice is simple,
and these studies do not change it:
Eat less, move more, avoid junk food, and eat plenty of fruits and vegetables."

I will add: avoid saturated fat and when you cook with oil use canola or olive oil; avoid sugar, have enough protein, lots of water, and less alcohol.

2 comments:

chris e. said...

Errors reported in fat study:
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/11225530/site/newsweek/

chris e. said...

Diet study shouldn't be seen as eat-anything permission slip
Monday, February 13, 2006

......The study was silent on the benefits of exercise. And it did not, in any way, justify the abandonment of the advice to eat more vegetables and fruit, and to consume less processed foods.......
The study looked at the amount of fat the women ate, rather than the type of fat. But there's been excellent evidence for years that the type of fat matters greatly. Nutritionists say saturated fats in meats and dairy products and the trans fat in snacks and fast food are harmful, while olive oil and some types of fish, nut and vegetable oils can boost health......
But maybe the most important moral to take away from this study is that Americans need to emphasize the positive -- what they do select to eat -- rather than the negative, what they prohibit. One reason the French tend to have less cardiovascular disease is that they consume smaller portions, and far more fruits and vegetables, than Americans do, says Sonja Connor, a nutritional researcher at Oregon Health & Science University. And they treat eating as an important ritual of togetherness, not a private fuel-up at a filling station......

http://www.oregonlive.com/editorials/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/editorial/1139622947128390.xml&coll=7