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Article: Putting the squeeze on saturates. (reducing saturated fat in the diet)(includes related articles)
- Article from:
- Nutrition Action Healthletter
- Article date:
- May 1, 1993
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If you could make only one change to your diet, what should it be?
Cut back on saturated fat. That's because the evidence is so solid that sat fats increase the risk of heart disease.
Scientists may argue whether the Asian diet (lowfat) is better or worse than the Mediterranean diet (high in monounsaturated olive oil). But they all agree on one thing: both diets are low in saturates.
Yet two stumbling blocks make it difficult for people to eat a diet that's low enough in saturated fat:
* Health authorities have so far refused to tell the public how much--make that how little--saturated fat offers the most protection against heart ...