SATURATED FAT & CHOLESTEROL NOT A PROBLEM?

Framingham Heart study Director says so,

Even though you've been told just the opposite.

By Allan N. Spreen, MD

Figures lie, and liars figure. Of course, it's always possible that a significant comment by
someone of status might be made someplace where nobody of significance would hear it.
You can't be faulted for that. It's also possible that significant information can come to light
too late to avoid the damage of poor research or poor reporting.

Yep, all that's possible. So we're going to let you be the judge. Read carefully the following
quote; and then read, very carefully, who said it. Then, with even more care, notice where the
quote first appeared. And then, if you're not thoroughly disgusted, notice when the medical
world at large was blessed with the information.

Here's what was said: "At Framingham, we found that the people who ate the most
saturated fat, the most cholesterol and the most calories weighed the least, were more
physically active and had the lowest serum cholesterol levels."
(Please...read that again)

Now, here's who said it: William Castelli, M.D., Director of the Framingham Study.
Here's where it first appeared in public: Archives of Internal Medicine, V. 152, p 1371-72.
And here's when: July, 1992.

After all the polyunsaturated fat hype and hoopla, and all the saturated fat fear and loathing
for the last 10 years, that quote is a shocking eye-opener. If nothing else, you at least know
not to blindly accept everything modern medicine has to tell you. That alone just gave you a
huge chance to improve your health the next time you're given the latest wonder-drug and
told not to worry, "it's FDA approved."

Even more important than that, however, should be the realization that things are not as they
should be. The mistake above shouldn't have been made by intelligent
professionals (or by anyone else, for that matter), so there's a very real possibility that it
wasn't a mistake. That removal of the rose-colored glasses from the eyes of a
trusting public's vision can do more for the health of this nation than any other single thing I
can think of.Good Health,

The purpose of the low-fat fad of the 90's was to sell cholesterol-lowering drugs (which it did
wonderfully). You're seeing the effects of that propaganda two ways: 1) We are FAR fatter
than we ever were in 1990 (on far less fat intake), and 2) Dr. Atkins (the low-carb guru) is
getting more and more press, as the truth just can't be held down forever. My best results in
my practice, far and away, were achieved using low carb diets. Remember: low fat by
definition is high carbohydrate.

Allan N. Spreen, MD

Dr. Spreen's book:

"Nutritionally Incorrect: Why the American Diet is Dangerous and How to Defend Yourself"