Since 1980, we have had low fat Dietary Guidelines - low fat directives that are at the root still growing obesity and diabetes epidemics. The proposed 2010 Dietary Guidelines are more anti-fat than ever! How can the 13-member Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee continue to insist that limiting saturated fat (what, all 8 of them) and replacing these fats with carbohydrates is going to slow the runaway train of diabetes - now projected to include include one out of three Americans in just a few decades or less?
Alan Watsonof MN3:48PM November 24, 2010
Cooking with unsaturated oils and especially re-using oils can lead to high levels of a toxic compound hydroxy-trans-2-nonenal (HNE) in food.
Caldwell Esselstyn, MD (former chief of surgery at the Cleveland Clinic) put his cardiac patients on a very low fat diet (~11%) and got good results.
You can learn more about Dr. Esselstyn's diet if you search for "Make Yourself Heart Attack Proof".
Livestock are fed corn and soy affecting their lard. You end up eating these fatty acids directly through vegetable oil or indirectly through meat.
Robert H. Lustig, MD, UCSF Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Endocrinology has a video lecture called "Sugar: The Bitter Truth" about fructose's role in obesity and disease.
If you have high blood pressure, you can see the effect for yourself after a few weeks by reducing or eliminating fructose and eliminating unsaturated oils from your diet.
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Alan Watson of MN 3:48PM November 24, 2010
Rene Sugar of WA 1:48PM November 24, 2010