Originally Posted by VALEWIS

http://www.thewest.com.au/20040329/...-sto122237.html


It may come as a surprise to many that all attempts to show that they prevent heart disease have failed to show any significant benefit. An extensive review of dietary trials in the European Heart Journal (1997) failed to show any benefit from diets low in saturated fat. Indeed, one big study showed a considerably higher mortality in the patients treated for five years with a low-fat diet, and the increased mortality continued for the following 10 years.

yes, so why then??????:

There is nothing new about the Atkins diet promoted since 1972, except it almost encourages participants to eat fat. The Scarsdale diet introduced in 1978 is perhaps much more sensible. It is not hard to create a low-carbohydrate diet that is also low in saturated fats.

Val