What if bad fat isn’t so bad?

No one's ever proved that saturated fat clogs arteries, causes heart disease. This article, linked off the home page of MSNBC, proves that the cholesterol theory of heart disease is wrong, and only promotes statin drugs, the most profitable drugs on the market today.

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My Comment:

I am excited to see that the mainstream media is starting to report the truth about saturated fats. Saturated fats are key to health.

Some highlights of the MSNBC story:

Ronald Krauss, M.D., won't say saturated fats are good for you. "But," he concedes, "we don't have convincing evidence that they're bad, either."

Turns out, your body makes fat from carbohydrates. It works like this: The carbs you eat (particularly starches and sugar) are absorbed into your bloodstream as sugar. As your carb intake rises, so does your blood sugar. This causes your body to release the hormone insulin. Insulin's job is to return your blood sugar to normal, but it also signals your body to store fat. As a result, your liver starts converting excess blood sugar to triglycerides, or fat.

"...there's no scientific reason that natural foods containing saturated fat can't, or shouldn't, be part of a healthy diet." -Jeff Volek, Ph.D., R.D.