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> Saturated fat does not clog the arteries: coronary heart disease is a chronic inflammatory condition, the risk of which can be effectively reduced from health
by vanderZwan 9y ago
> Saturated fat does not clog the arteries: coronary heart disease is a chronic inflammatory condition, the risk of which can be effectively reduced from healthy lifestyle interventions
Doesn't saturated fat trigger inflammation? Because if I remember that correctly, then this is a "guns don't kill people, bullets do" argument.
Similarly, doesn't it also cause arterial stiffening? It is not the same process as arterial clogging but definitely makes it worse and is part of heart disease.
Again, I may be misremembering this - I could be confusing fat and meat, for example. Either way it boils down to "eat mostly plants"
- weego 9y agoWouldn't that suppose that you're not doing progressive damage by slowly clogging arteries over long periods of time and that eating saturated fat is something you can cycle/regulate? Still being bad for you is one thing, but the manner in which it is bad for you seems like it would have some wider implications.
- vanderZwan 9y agoPerhaps, but that is not the language used in the headline nor in the article: > It is time to shift the public health message in the prevention and treatment of coronary artery disease away from measuring serum lipids and reducing dietary saturated fat.
- cageface 9y agoYou're correct. Both saturated fat and animal protein are inflammatory, which certainly contributes to their effect on CVD. http://www.arthritis.org/living-with-arthritis/arthritis-diet/foods-to-avoid-limit/food-ingredients-and-inflammation-3.php http://www.arthritis.org/living-with-arthritis/arthritis-die...
- vanderZwan 9y agoEvery time food is discussed on this site, someone downvotes everyone who says excessive meat is unhealthy. I don't know who it is but it's pretty sad.
- verylittlemeat 9y agoTalking about nutrition on the internet is nearly impossible because diets encourage cult followings and attitudes. Benford's law strikes again: Passion is inversely proportional to the amount of real information available
- mtgx 9y agoI'd be interested to see the actual study. That article is very hand wavy about it.
- QuantumAphid 9y agoLet's not omit sugar and refined carbohydrates (high-GI foods) from the inflammation equation...