Polyunsaturates

274. The Shaky Foundations of the Healthy Eating Recommendations

It is about forty years since the dietary guidelines were introduced in USA. Most other countries followed suit. Here in the UK, the report by the Committee on Medical Aspects of Food Policy (COMA) on “Diet and Cardiovascular Disease” in 1984 focussed on fat (1). It recommended that total fat and saturated fat (SFA) should …

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155. What Happens to the Cholesterol when the Dietary Fat is Altered?

The official dietary recommendations continue to advise a reduction in saturated fat (SFA) and an increase in the polyunsaturated fat (PUFA). The justification is that the SFA will reduce the Blood cholesterol (TC) and therefore lower the risk of developing heart disease. The same rationale is used to justify the advice to increase the intake …

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