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Article: Fat: fine-tuning the message. (includes related articles on low-fat diets)(Cover Story)
- Article from:
- Nutrition Action Healthletter
- Article date:
- March 1, 1998
- Author:
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"You can never be too rich or eat too little fat, right? Wrong..." said the wire story last November.
That's when a study from the University Washington suggested that eating too little fat could increase the risk of heart disease.
Fat's in the fire ... again.
Last August, the influential New England Journal of Medicine published a debate asking: "Should a low-fat, high-carbohydrate diet be recommended for everyone?"
In January, Harvard University co-sponsored a conference on fat. On the agenda: "Should recommendations on the amount of total fat be eliminated?"
If it sounds like another flip-flop is in the works, relax. No ...