| Cholesterol is not a
deadly poison, but a substance vital to the cells of all mammals.
There are no such things as good or bad cholesterol, but mental
stress, physical activity and change of body weight may influence
the level of blood cholesterol. A high cholesterol is not dangerous
by itself, but may reflect an unhealthy condition, or it may be
totally innocent.
Uffe Ravnskov, M.D., Ph.D.
http://www.ravnskov.nu/cholesterol.htm
The best
diet for a healthy heart is high-fat (animal fat not vegetable oil),
low-carbohydrate because:
"In this study we compared
the effects of variations in dietary fat and carbohydrate (CHO) content
on concentrations of triglyceride-rich lipoproteins". . . "The diets
contained, as a percentage of total calories, either 60% CHO, 25%
fat, and 15% protein, or 40% CHO, 45% fat, and 15% protein." "The
60% CHO diet resulted in higher fasting plasma triglycerides (206
± 50 vs 113 ± 19 mg/dl, p = 0.03), cholesterol (15 ± 6 vs 6 ± 1 mg/dl,
p = 0.005), triglyceride (56 ± 25 vs
16 ± 3 mg/dl, p = 0.003), and lower HDL cholesterol (39 ± 3 vs 44
± 3 mg/dl,
p = 0.003) concentrations, without any change in LDL cholesterol concentration."
"Given the atherogenic potential of these changes in lipoprotein metabolism,
it seems appropriate to question the wisdom of recommending that all
Americans should replace dietary saturated fat with CHO."
American Journal of Cardiology
2000; 85: 45-4
"Low-fat,
high-carbohydrate diets [15% protein, 60% carb, 25% fat] increase
the risk of heart disease in post-menopausal women."
American Journal of Clinical
Nutrition 1997; 65: 1027-33
"More plagues than heart disease can be laid at sugar's door. A survey
of medical journals in the 1970's produced findings implicating sugar
as a causative factor in kidney disease, liver disease, shortened
life-span, increased desire for coffee and tobacco, as well as atherosclerosis
and coronary heart disease."
Enzyme
Nutrition. Avery Publishing Group Inc, 1985
NOTE: The digestion does not distinguish between sugar
and starch (BAG)
"Intake of margarine may predispose
to development of CHD in men."
Circulation
1995; 91: 925
"Intakes
of fat, saturated fat, and monosaturated fat were associated with
reduced risk of ischemic stroke in men." "In our data intakes of fat
and type of fat were not related to the incidence of the combined
outcome of all cardiovascular diseases or to total or cardiovascular
mortality."
Journal of the American
Medical
Association 1997; 78: 2145-2150 |
There is no evidence
that too much animal fat and cholesterol in the diet promotes atherosclerosis
or heart attacks. For instance, more than a dozen studies have shown
that people who have had a heart attack haven't eaten more fat than
other people, and degree of atherosclerosis at autopsy is unrelated
with the diet.
Uffe Ravnskov, M.D., Ph.D.
http://www.ravnskov.nu/cholesterol.htm
"The most striking feature of
the table is that the losses appear to be inversely proportionate
to the carbohydrate content of the food. Where the carbohydrate intake
is low the rate of loss in weight is greater and conversely."
Quarterly Journal of Medicine
1932; 1: 331-52
"Low-fat, high-carbohydrate diets [15% protein, 60% carb, 25% fat]
increase the risk of heart disease in post-menopausal women.".
American Journal of Clinical
Nutrition 1997; 65:
1027-33
George Mann, now retired, was previously a professor in medicine and
biochemistry at Vanderbilt University in Tennessee. After the start
of the cholesterol campaign Mann summarized his criticism of the diet-heart
idea in Nutrition Today. . According to Mann, the diet-heart
idea is "the greatest scientific deception of our times". Mann is
especially critical of the cholesterol-lowering trials. "Never in
the history of science have so many costly experiments failed so consistently",
he declared.
Uffe Ravnskov,
M.D., Ph.D.
http://www.ravnskov.nu/cholesterol.htm
"Moreover, recent findings in a US
population, among 350,000 MRFIT screenees followed 6 years, bear on
this idea (of increased stroke and cerebral haemorrhage risk with
lowered cholesterol). In that study, there was a sixfold excess risk
of death from cerebral haemorrhage in middle-aged men having total
serum cholesterol levels lower than 160 mg/dl and also elevated BP."
Circulation 1989; 79 (3): 718-20.
"More plagues than heart disease
can be laid at sugar's door. A survey of medical journals in the 1970's
produced findings implicating sugar as a causative factor in kidney
disease, liver disease, shortened life-span, increased desire for
coffee and tobacco, as well as atherosclerosis and coronary heart
disease."
Enzyme Nutrition.
Avery Publishing
Group Inc, 1985
NOTE:
The digestion does not distinguish between sugar and starch (BAG)
"Medical Research Council survey showed that men
eating butter ran half the risk of developing heart disease as those
using margarine."
Nutrition
Week 1991; 21(12): 2-3 |
