"cybercat" > wrote in message
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> "Ms P" > wrote
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>> Your cardiologist probably took a one hour course on nutrition. Most
>> current diet "wisdom" is based on 50s and 60s research.
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> Nothing has changed about saturated fat. It's a killer, particularly for
> sedentary people, and most of us are sedentary. Even eggs, which are very
> high in cholesterol, are not in and of themselves bad for you, but the
> cheese and bacon and butter we have with them that clogs arteries.
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> Butter is *not* good for you. Doing without altogether and just using
> monosaturated or polyunsaturated fats would be best. This leaves out the
> whole topic of margarine.

A very recent study of low fat and low carb diets has proven otherwise.
People on the low carb diets had lower cholesterol levels.

Ms P