Meat, especially red meat, isn't to be blamed for heart disease.
5 Studies on Saturated Fat — Time to Retire the Myth?:
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Debunking Myths about Fat
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Saturated fat does not clog the arteries: coronary heart disease is a chronic inflammatory condition
You can relax about red meat and have some, it's an excellent source of protein and other essential nutrients.
For decades, people all over the world bought into a notion that eating meat, especially red meat, causes heart disease because of saturated fat in it. It was Doctor Ancel Keys who conducted Seven Countries Study that got published in 1978 which fueled the spread of this notion worldwide. Those 7 countries (including Wales) were cherry picked out of 22 countries surveyed. That cherry picking was done because those 7 countries fit his hypotheses (eating saturated fat causes heart disease) and he ignored the ones that didn't, i.e. France and Scandinavian countries which eat saturated fat regularly.
This isn't the first time Ancel Keys was mentioned on this forum. https://www.roadbikereview.com/thre...com/threads/cyclists-and-big-bellies.321821/page-6?post_id=4600594#post-4600594
Ancel Keys received a lot of fame and fortune for that study. However, it caused a lot of damage to people's health world wide when the brain washed / scared people tried to replace saturated fat with something else, i.e. vegetable oil, low fat diet, carb. In the USA, the government released the food guide in 1992, a.k.a. Food Pyramid which recommended mainly grain (carbs), then vegetable and fruits (carbs), then less dairy and meat, then even less fats, oil and sweets. Since then, Americans got fatter and sicker.
7 countries graph:
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Ancel Keys:
There were people alerting the faults of that study back then but it wasn't widespread. More people are speaking up about it now but it still has ways to go.
5 Studies on Saturated Fat — Time to Retire the Myth?:
What Is Saturated Fat and Is It Unhealthy?
Saturated fat has a bad rap. You may have wondered if the criticism is warranted. We look at the latest nutrition findings on saturated fat and its health effects.
www.healthline.com
Debunking Myths about Fat
Debunking Myths about Fat - The Johns Hopkins Patient Guide to Diabetes
Hopefully you have already heard it, but a low-fat diet for diabetes and heart disease is outdated advice. Yes, it was thought to be true that fat caused heart disease, but current research doesn’t support this. This is important because people with diabetes are at a higher risk for heart...
hopkinsdiabetesinfo.org
Saturated fat does not clog the arteries: coronary heart disease is a chronic inflammatory condition
You can relax about red meat and have some, it's an excellent source of protein and other essential nutrients.
For decades, people all over the world bought into a notion that eating meat, especially red meat, causes heart disease because of saturated fat in it. It was Doctor Ancel Keys who conducted Seven Countries Study that got published in 1978 which fueled the spread of this notion worldwide. Those 7 countries (including Wales) were cherry picked out of 22 countries surveyed. That cherry picking was done because those 7 countries fit his hypotheses (eating saturated fat causes heart disease) and he ignored the ones that didn't, i.e. France and Scandinavian countries which eat saturated fat regularly.
This isn't the first time Ancel Keys was mentioned on this forum. https://www.roadbikereview.com/thre...com/threads/cyclists-and-big-bellies.321821/page-6?post_id=4600594#post-4600594
Ancel Keys received a lot of fame and fortune for that study. However, it caused a lot of damage to people's health world wide when the brain washed / scared people tried to replace saturated fat with something else, i.e. vegetable oil, low fat diet, carb. In the USA, the government released the food guide in 1992, a.k.a. Food Pyramid which recommended mainly grain (carbs), then vegetable and fruits (carbs), then less dairy and meat, then even less fats, oil and sweets. Since then, Americans got fatter and sicker.
7 countries graph:
Ancel Keys:
There were people alerting the faults of that study back then but it wasn't widespread. More people are speaking up about it now but it still has ways to go.
