Saturday, April 04, 2015
"A big fat surprise for dietary dogma"
It seems that many health ideas of the past are no longer true.
Clearly, that's disconcerting for most of us...
Clearly, that's disconcerting for most of us...
Margaret Wente elaborates on this in a posting at theGlobeAndMail.com:
"It turns out that for most people, the cholesterol in the food you eat has little or no connection to the cholesterol in your blood, or to heart disease either. 'There’s never been a single study that showed higher egg consumption is related to higher risk of heart disease,' Walter Willett, a nutrition scientist at the Harvard School of Public Health, told New York Magazine recently.
Last month, in an epic climbdown, the U.S. Dietary Guidelines Advice Committee, whose guidelines influence millions of people, finally dropped its recommendation to restrict cholesterol. 'Cholesterol is not a nutrient of concern for overconsumption,' it said. So go ahead – eat all the eggs you want."