Saturated fats and heart disease: new study busted long standing lipid hypothesis

It has been more then 60 years. Yes, that is how long we have been brain-washed by the conventional medical authorities on consumption of saturated fats. The long standing lipid hypothesis, also known as 'high cholesterol causes heart disease' insanity. All of us know that saturated fat is bad for us, our heart especially, because it raise cholesterol levels, and high cholesterol causes heart disease. This hypothesis, is the longest standing health scam ever in history of mankind. What can I say? It is a very popular yet a wealthy, profit making hypothesis. 

Few years back, USDA calls for recommedations to reduce saturated fats to merely 10% of total calories. A low fat diet, it is the opposite of what eskimos(inuit) are eating (70-90%) and they are the healthiest and happiest living population in the world. Heart disease, diabetes and cancer is virtually non existent to them. They ate lots of cholesterol loaded foods for generations. 

From the recent study, British Medical Journal2 titled: From the Heart, Saturated Fat is Not the Major Issue, it has busted the myth of saturated fats consumption causes heart disease. Well, if saturated fats and cholesterol are not the villain, then what is? The answer is carbohydrates, particularly sugars. Whoever has read my previous posts about sugars and heart disease, you will not be surprise of what you read right now. Although sugars and processed carbohydrates are not the only main culprit, bear in mind, transfat and stress are other critical components which contributes to heart disease and other health complications. In a nutshell, it's a STRESSOR to the body. Sugars and transfat causes inflammation (a form of stressor). More inflammation, more health problems! 

Just in case if you have not read the quote by Dr. William Castelli, in a 1992 editorial published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, Dr. William Castelli, a former director of the Framingham Heart study, stated:

"In Framingham, Mass., the more saturated fat one ate, the more cholesterol one ate, the more calories one ate, the lower the person’s serum cholesterol. The opposite of what… Keys et al would predict…We found that the people who ate the most cholesterol, ate the most saturated fat, ate the most calories, weighed the least and were the most physically active."


Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice (2011) - Read this properly!
In 2011, the Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice published a ten-year study of more than 52,000 women. This study found that women with high levels of cholesterol — i.e. above 270 mg/dL — were 30% LESS likely to die from heart disease, a heart attack or stroke than women with a normal cholesterol level below 193 mg/dL.


Meanwhile, I've just recently listened to an audio interview by Dr. David Perlmutter about LDL and cholesterol. I remembered what he mentioned about LDL and cholesterol. Check this out.

"I was lecturing at the Denver Colorado, spent 4 hours with a group of doctors and got pulled off topic to discuss about LDL and cholesterol. When I asked the group of doctors during the lecture what is the other name of LDL? The whole audience answered, 'bad cholesterol'. Think about it. We are calling LDL bad cholesterol. This is a life sustaining protein that delivers life sustaining cholesterol to every cell in the body. This is what carries the molecule to the brain, heart, to every cell in our body. Cholesterol is so vitally important to our body. Without cholesterol, we would instantly die. Some marketing genius came out the idea of calling LDL as bad cholesterol, because then we have a drug to lower the LDL. The risk of Parkinson disease for example, is 350% increased, if he or she has the lowest LDL. 

LDL isn't bad, but when it is oxidised, that is clearly an issue. When it binds to sugars, it glycate and it dramatically increase inflammation, turns on the production of free radicals. Then you have all kinds of things happening. But LDL in itself is not bad, it is our friend, and we must embrace LDL and we must embrace cholesterol. "

World Renowned neurologist 

Photos from  http://www.drperlmutter.com/

As for those who is a diet fanatic, another study which proves that fat-protein high calorie based diet improve bio-markers of cardiovascular health and weight loss. You can read the nutritional journal from the link below. 

Spanish Ketogenic Mediterranean diet: a healthy cardiovascular diet for weight loss 

Reference:  http://www.nutritionj.com/content/7/1/30

Watch the videos link below: (Heart of the Matter)

                                                              http://vimeo.com/77730824

                                                              http://vimeo.com/78259209

One of the Framingham researcher's quote 

Statins @ cholesterol lowering drugs, is the most prescribed medication in USA. Lipitor is the best selling drug in history of conventional medicine.

As of today, there are more then enough of studies that linked between sugars and heart disease. This new study from British Medical Journal, has busted this absurd lipid hypothesis. The so called high cholesterol causes heart disease phobia has to stop, we are all been ripped off by pharmaceutical companies and conventional medical industry. Think of how our ancestors and great grandparents ate during their heart healthy lifespan, you will be guided by the dietary wisdom which is long lost and disconnected from the modern society, primarily consuming high carbohydrates and sugars diet. The saturated fats and cholesterol causes heart disease madness has to stop before it further ruin our health and future generations. 

Many Thanks:

Dr. Michael Eades

Dr. Johnny Bowden

Dr. Ernest Curtis

Dr. Stephen Sinatra

Gary Taubes

No Thanks:

Ancel Keys 

Pharmaceutical Companies

Conventional Medical Industry