Studies on Low Fat Dieting
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LOW FAT DIETS GET A "THUMB'S DOWN" 
Sometimes it's hard to sort through all the information you find on the web, in books, and in the media about healthy food choices. Here is an article I received recently with studies that indicate that low-fat eating may not have all the health benefits many expect. I have always felt that it's more important to eat the right kinds of fats and oils, some healthy oils are listed on the home page in the food listing in the right column, more will be added over time. Now, please enjoy the following article.
As awareness of the obesity epidemic began to rise during
the 1990’s - the nation’s focus turned towards dietary fat.
The advice of the time was to eat a low-fat diet in order to prevent obesity
and other diseases. It sounded good – it made sense - so most
people jumped on board. An avalanche of low-fat and fat-free processed
foods hit the grocery store shelves and the low-fat craze was on. Some 15 years later, a growing body of evidence is now
pointing to the ineffectiveness of the low-fat diet for weight loss or
prevention of heart disease and several cancers. The most recent
revelation came when the results of the Women's Health Initiative Dietary
Modification Trial were published in the February 8, 2006 issue of the Journal
of the American Medical Association. After following 49,000 women for eight years, the researchers
reported that eating a low-fat diet did not prevent heart disease, breast
cancer, or colon cancer, and that it didn't do much for weight loss,
either. What is becoming clearer by the day is that too much saturated
and trans fats increase the risk for certain diseases while more
monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats, lower the risk. The key is to
eat more of the monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats. According to the Harvard School of Public Health, the
largest sources of saturated fats are dairy products and red meats. The
largest sources of trans fats are processed foods such as margarine, vegetable
shortening, partially hydrogenated vegetable oils, deep-fried chips, fast foods
and most baked goods. Monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats are found in
vegetable oils, such as olive oil, nuts, seeds and fish. While these
foods do have small amounts of saturated fats, they have much larger amounts of
the monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats by comparison – and
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