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Old Mon, Nov-23-09, 18:19
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Boboguy, You titled your post
"High saturated fat intake - Macular Degeneration"

Quote:
Originally Posted by BoBoGuy
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Conclusions: High intake of saturated fat is associated with increased risk for early age-related maculopathy.

Deana Ferreri, Ph.D.


However, among other things, this is what the linked paper actually says,

"Findings are generally consistent with the results of our previous case-control study in which we compared the dietary habits of individuals with advanced, exudative disease with control subjects.15 In that study, specific types of fat, including vegetable, monounsaturated, and polyunsaturated, were associated with a higher risk for AMD diagnosis."

Let's have a little quiz, Which type of fat was NOT mentioned in the second quote above?

I'll give you a clue. It was the only fat you named in the title of your post.

Another quote from the Paper:
"Additionally, obesity, independent of fat intake, remained significantly related to the progression of AMD (data not shown). Furthermore, increased fat intake and obesity are known to be associated with inflammation, and inflammatory factors are known to be associated with cardiovascular disease and may possibly be associated with AMD.10 Other mechanisms, such as genetic and dietary interactions, might also play a role."

A "may" be associated with B, and B "may possibly" be associated with C. Other mechanisms might also be associated with C. This implies A is the cause of C. (as stated in Deana Ferreri's conclusion above)
Pretty convincing logic?, NOT.

Also
"..although the trend for increasing risk with higher animal fat intake was not significant (P= .09). Higher vegetable fat intake had a stronger relationship with increased risk of AMD progression with an RR of 3.82 (95% confidence interval, 1.58-9.28) for the highest quartile compared with the lowest quartile (P trend = .003)."

Deana Ferreri posts on Joel Fuhrman's blog in support of PCRM and CSPI dogma. Wonder why she left out the info on Omega 6 fats and their significant association with AMD?

What I'd also like to know is why you only mention Saturated fat in the title of your post?
Until you give a satisfactory answer to that I will not waste any more time chasing up any future red herrings you throw in here.
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