Lets start with this: http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/efsajournal/pub/1461.htm http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/efsajournal/pub/1461.htm "For specific fatty acids the

Lets start with this: http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/efsajournal/pub/1461.htm http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/efsajournal/pub/1461.htm "For specific fatty acids the following is proposed: saturated fatty acid (SFA) and trans fatty acid intake should be as low as possible" "There is a positive, dose-dependent relationship between the intake of a mixture of saturated fatty acids and blood low density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol concentrations, when compared to carbohydrates. There is also evidence from dietary intervention studies that decreasing the intakes of products rich in saturated fatty acids by replacement with products rich in n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids (without changing total fat intake) decreased the number of cardiovascular events. As the relationship between saturated fatty acids intake and the increase in LDL cholesterol concentrations is continuous, no threshold of saturated fatty acids intake can be defined below which there is no adverse effect. Thus, also no Tolerable Upper Intake Level can be set." Also, feel free to peruse the many references given here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturated_fat#Cardiovascular_disease http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturated_fat#Cardiovascular_di... No, no study concludes they need to be cut out (they don't), but to say there are no studies suggesting there are higher risks with higher fat intakes is not correct. And just for your high fat diet and everything is cool: Hooper, 2001 "There is a small but potentially important reduction in cardiovascular risk with reduction or modification of dietary fat intake, seen particularly in trials of longer duration." "Serenity now, insanity later."