[ExI] saturated fats safe

[William Flynn Wallace]

In case you missed this the last time I sent something similar:


Three cardiologists have broken ranks with many of their colleagues in an
editorial published in the *British Journal of Sports Medicine* (April 25,
2017)
<http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/bjsports/early/2017/03/31/bjsports-2016-097285.full.pdf>.
These are not just any old cardiologists.

One is Rita Redberg, MD, MSc. She is Professor of Medicine at the
University of California, San Francisco, and Director of the UCSF Women’s
Cardiovascular Center. She is editor of one of the world’s pre-eminent
medical journals, *JAMA Internal Medicine*. Pascal Meier, MD, is an
interventional cardiologist at University Hospital Geneva and The Heart
Hospital, University College London Hospitals. He is Editor-In-Chief of *Open
Heart* (*BMJ*), associate editor of the *BMJ* (*British Medical Journal*)
and associate editor of the Cochrane Heart Group. Lead author, Aseem
Malhotra, MD, is consultant cardiologist at London’s Lister hospital and at
the Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust. He has emphasized an
anti-inflammatory diet, exercise and stress management in helping control
heart disease.


“Coronary artery disease pathogenesis and treatment urgently requires a
paradigm shift. Despite popular belief among doctors and the public, the
conceptual model of dietary saturated fat clogging a pipe is just plain
wrong. A landmark systematic review and meta-analysis of observational
studies showed no association between saturated fat consumption and (1)
all-cause mortality, (2) coronary heart disease (CHD), (3) CHD mortality,
(4) ischaemic stroke or (5) type 2 diabetes in healthy adults. Similarly in
the secondary prevention of CHD there is no benefit from reduced fat,
including saturated fat, on myocardial infarction, cardiovascular or
all-cause mortality. It is instructive to note that in an angiographic
study of postmenopausal women with CHD, greater intake of saturated fat was
associated with less progression of atherosclerosis whereas carbohydrate
and polyunsaturated fat intake were associated with greater progression.”
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