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Saturated Fat is not the major issue

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Re: Saturated Fat is not the major issue

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First, I'm still not clear on your logic. On the one hand, there is a debate about whether consuming saturated fats cause heart disease. On the other hand, there is the issue of whether statins prevent heart disease. To me these are logically separate issues, yet you seem to think they are related, and my best guess at what you were hinting at seems to be wrong. So can you tell me: how would whether a doctor wants to…

Read the article. It fairly clearly demonstrates that it is not nearly the risk factor it has been made out to be. Controversy is not science, and just because there is controversy does not make scientific results less valid. On your second point, they are very much linked issues if X is something that does not need to be treated or prevented. That's what the article is really getting at: high cholesterol is not the…

The wikipedia article I linked references about a dozen studies or meta-analyses, most of which establish a link between dietary saturated fat, and heart disease.

All of them were done after the 1970's.

Seriously, get back to me when you have read all of them.

Re: Saturated Fat is not the major issue

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post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Read the article. It fairly clearly demonstrates that it is not nearly the risk factor it has been made out to be. Controversy is not science, and just because there is controversy does not make scientific results less valid. On your second point, they are very much linked issues if X is something that does not need to be treated or prevented. That's what the article is really getting at: high cholesterol is not the…

The wikipedia article I linked references about a dozen studies or meta-analyses, most of which establish a link between dietary saturated fat, and heart disease. All of them were done after the 1970's. Seriously, get back to me when you have read all of them.

A causal link, or a correlation? Because it matters, and that's what the article is making clear. Those correlation links lead to bad guidelines because the cause is not understood.
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