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The Cholesterol Heart Disease Lie

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

It turns out that everything that we thought was a fact regarding the connection between saturated fat and cholesterol is wrong. Not only that, but everything that we think we know about cholesterol and heart disease is wrong too.

Here are a couple vids that get to the point rather well.

The Cholesterol Myth exposed – Dr Malcolm Kendrick speaks about World Health Organisation data gathered in their MONI-CA study. MONItoring Trends in CArdiovascular Disease

Clip from the documentary “Fat Head.” Guess what? Fat and cholesterol don’t cause heart disease. The theory was based on bogus science from the very beginning.

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Is Butter A ‘Healthy Fat’?

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010

The Untold Story of BUTTER by Sarah Pope

Fifty years ago, a sea change began to occur in the perception of nutrition in America, and hence, the entire Western World. It started shortly after World War II when butter and other saturated fats became public enemy #1 through the apparent link between their consumption and heart disease. Cholesterol rich foods such as egg yolks and liver joined the list of vilified foods during the 1970’s as the public was told by doctors, nutritionists, and the limited media outlets at the time (network TV and radio) that these foods were clearly linked to the epidemic of heart disease.

The discovery that artery clogging plaques – the main cause of heart attacks – were found to primarily contain cholesterol sealed the deal. Never mind that the oxidized cholesterol found in processed foods (particularly skim milk) was the real culprit in the heart disease war. Common sense seemed to dictate that avoiding all cholesterol rich foods such as butter, liver, and egg yolks would somehow reduce one’s chance Click to continue »

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