Low-Fat Diets

When the Women’s Health Initiative reported that low-fat diets do not prevent heart disease or cancer as previously advertised, many of us celebrated with a cheeseburger.

But we shouldn’t throw our dietary caution to the wind just yet. Once again, the headlines don’t tell the whole story.

In this study, the low-fat group’s diet wasn’t really that low in fat, so the effects of a true low-fat diet were not represented.

Secondly, when the study began in the early 1990’s, nutrition experts were focused on reducing overall fat, not specifically the saturated and trans fats that we now recognize as the true villains.

Had the study differentiated between good fats like olive oil and bad fats like lard, we may have seen very different results.

Sorry, but eating a balanced diet low in saturated fat and processed meats is still important for good health.

This is Dr. Bruce Feinberg. Be well.

Georgia Cancer Specialists, based in Atlanta, Georgia, is the largest private oncology and hematology practice in the Southeast with 41 physicians and 31 offices throughout the Atlanta and Macon areas.

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Low-Fat Diets

Georgia Cancer Specialists, based in Atlanta, Georgia, is the largest private oncology and hematology practice in the Southeast with 41 physicians and 31 offices throughout the Atlanta and Macon areas.