Are butter, meat and cheese our new nutritional friends? After being banned from our diet by dieticians, they are no longer accused of being responsible for heart disease, according to the results of a study published in the scientific journal BMJ Open Heart.
For our health, health authorities and health professionals have recommended that we avoid eating foods that are too high in saturated fat, such as butter, Red meat and cheese. These foods are believed to be responsible for an increase in bad cholesterol levels and increase the risk of developing heart disease. A new scientific study questions these nutritional claims.
Researchers at the University of Scotland Clinical Institute (UK) performed a meta-analysis with clinical trials conducted in the 1970s and 1980s that were used as the basis for dietary guidelines and for warnings on dietary fat. Following the publication of this research, butter, meat and cheese have become the number 1 dietary enemies.
However, the results of the meta-analysis show that there is no link between the consumption of animal fats and premature death caused by heart disease or other medical conditions.
Less meat, but no more sugar
However, a growing body of research suggests that a mediterranean diet, high in vegetables, fruits, whole grains, and heart-healthy fats like nuts and olive oil, and low in red meat, is excellent for cardiovascular health.
But, as Nina Teicholz, investigative journalist and author of the CBS news site “The Big Fat Surprise”, explains, these directives had another consequence. The population compensated for these restrictions by eating more sugar.
“As a result, people have replaced lipids (fat) with carbohydrates (sugar). The health result is catastrophic. We have observed an increase in type 2 diabetes and obesity and therefore all the diseases (heart disease, etc.) which result from it ”.
“If we had reduced our consumption of meat, butter and cheese by eating more vegetables, nuts, fruits and legumes we could live healthier. But we didn’t. We just started eating more starch and sugar, ”concludes the journalist.
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