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ease compared with those that ate the least. Note that processed trans fats remain a villain, still deemed a risk to heart health per the metastudy. The misleading information began
Thumbs-Up on Fats Good Fat Doesn’t Make Us Fat
by Judith Fertig I
n an era of too much information, the role of fats in our diet has been a victim of not enough information. To-
day’s turnaround in nutritional thinking acknowledges natural fats as being vital to heart health and weight loss.
Heart Health Benefit A recent metastudy in the Annals of Internal Medicine, a journal of the
American College of Physicians, concluded that saturated fat does not appear to increase heart disease risk, overturning almost 60 years of accept- ed medical thought. The researchers analyzed data from 76 studies involv- ing more than 600,000 people and found that those that ate the most saturated, or “bad”, fat did not show a higher risk of cardiovascular dis-
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in the 1950s, when Physiologist Ancel Keys, Ph.D., discovered a correlation between diets high in saturated fats and higher cholesterol levels. Soon, the low-fat diet was born. In 2000, further research intro- duced the concepts of good and bad fats. More recent analysis confirmed this finding with the refinement that saturated fats increase both types of cholesterol. However, the latest research from the journal BMJ shows that saturated fat does not increase the number of LDL, or “bad”, particles, a predictor of cardiovascular disease. Instead, it makes existing LDL parti- cles larger, a fairly benign situation in regard to such disease.
Weight Loss Benefit Fat doesn’t even make you fat, claims Mark Hyman, a well-known medical doctor in Lenox, Massachusetts, and au- thor of Eat Fat, Get Thin: Why the Fat We Eat Is the Key to Sustained Weight Loss and Vibrant Health. “The theory that all calories have the same impact on your weight and metabolism remains one of the most persistent nutrition myths,” says this practitioner of functional medicine who points out that we’ve been side- tracked by wrong thinking. “Eating fat can make you lean.
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Healthy cell walls made from high-quality fats are better able to metabolize insulin, which keeps blood sugar better regulated. Without proper blood sugar control, the body socks away fat for a rainy day. The right fats also increase fat burning, diminish hunger and reduce fat stor- age,” he notes.
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Whole30, a 30-day diet revolving around clean eating, also emphasiz- es healthy fats. Devised in 2009 by Dallas Hartwig, a functional medi- cine practitioner and certified sports nutritionist, and Melissa Hartwig, a certified sports nutritionist, the pro- gram aims to reduce inflammation, detoxify the body and reset metabo- lism. The Salt Lake City, Utah, authors of the New York Times bestselling
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