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And yet the French continue to have lower heart disease than is present in the USA - the so-called "French Paradox": https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1
by giardini 1y ago
And yet the French continue to have lower heart disease than is present in the USA - the so-called "French Paradox":
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1768013/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1768013/
This discussion despite the failure of the "cholesterol hypothesis" (i.e., the idea that hi cholesterol causes heart disease.
- keybored 1y agoThe French Paradox as explained there is summarized as “despite cholestrol and saturated fats”. Nothwitstanding the “paradox” being invented by a Frenchman (in the 80’s), the idea that cholestrol and saturated fats were unhealthy is an American idea from the 80’s and prior which was supposedly deduced from the Food Pyramid. And the Food Pyramid seem to have been based on what foodstuff makers were willing to lobby the federal government. Well maybe it was a paradox back then. But now there are good theories as to why cholestrol and saturated fats are not that bad. (Or even bad?)