Tyydyttynyt rasva ei tuki suonia. Virallisterveellinen oppi eli puolen vuosisadan ristiretki tyydyttynyttä rasvaa vastaan on perustunut huijaustutkimuksiin. Nyt maailman johtava talouslehti The Wall Street Journal on julkaissut Nina Teicholzin artikkelin, jossa tämä tosiasia tehdään täysin selväksi. Paradigman muutoksen aika on koittanut.
The Questionable Link Between Saturated Fat and Heart Disease
Are butter, cheese and steak really bad for you? The dubious science behind the anti-fat crusade (The Wall Street Journal 2.5. 2014)Lainaa:
Our half-century effort to cut back on the consumption of meat, eggs and whole-fat dairy has a tragic quality. More than a billion dollars have been spent trying to prove Ancel Keys's hypothesis, but evidence of its benefits has never been produced. It is time to put the saturated-fat hypothesis to bed and to move on to test other possible culprits for our nation's health woes.
Samalla meni pohja pois virallisterveelliseltä runsashiilihydraattiselta ruokavaliolta. WSJ:n artikkelin kirjoittaja katsoo, että markkinoiden pommittamisesta epäterveellisillä sokeria täynnä olevilla tuotteilla ovat "Big Foodin" ohella vastuussa Amerikan Sydänliiton AHA:n ja maatalousministeriön USDA:n ravitsemussuosituksia laatineet asiantuntijat.
Lainaa:
Seeing the U.S. population grow sicker and fatter while adhering to official dietary guidelines has put nutrition authorities in an awkward position. Recently, the response of many researchers has been to blame "Big Food" for bombarding Americans with sugar-laden products. No doubt these are bad for us, but it is also fair to say that the food industry has simply been responding to the dietary guidelines issued by the AHA and USDA, which have encouraged high-carbohydrate diets and until quite recently said next to nothing about the need to limit sugar.
Keskustelua:
Annika Dahlqvist: Saturated fat does not cause heart disease