IDOF - Ch.5: The Melting of the Lipid Hypothesis

Question 1

What is the one strong association reported in the review by Hu et al., (2001)?

Answer 1

one strong association between dietary fat and heart disease left standing, and it happens to beprecisely the type of fat that the low-fat campaigners have spent most of the last 30 years ENCOURAGING us to consume more of: TRANS FATS.

it raises bad cholesterol and lowers good cholesterol; increases triglycerides; promotes inflammation; promo insulin resistance.

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Question 2

Rather than using a press conference to provide evidence in support of the Dietary Goals for
Americans, what did one of the Harvard nutritionist’s responsible for shaping the guidelines say?

Answer 2

Mark Hegsted

“The question to be asked is not why we should change our diet, but why not?”