Diets: The Low Fat Diet

Summary: Eat less fat. Exercise more. Since you already have more than enough fat eating less will help right?

Pros: Reducing the amount of harmful fat in your diet will improve your heart health.

Cons: Inadvertently reducing good fat can harm your heart health. Substituting refined carbohydrates for good fat can backfire and cause you to gain weight.

Saturated fats are strongly linked to various heart and artery problems. The evidence that trans fats are harmful is so strong they should be completely eliminated from your diet.

Saturated fats are found in animal products, with red meat and dairy products containing the most. Trans fat is a man made fat.

Reducing saturated fat and eliminating trans fat is a healthy move to make. Many people, maybe even most Americans, eat too much and will benefit from eating fewer saturated fats.

Several studies have been done to understand why people living in the Mediterranean region have long, healthy lives. It turns out fat, in the form of monounsaturated fat like that found in olive oil, improves heart health.

Studies of other cultures where lots of fish are eaten show that polyunsaturated fats increase levels of the good cholesterol (HDL) while lowering triglycerides and bad cholesterol (LDL). Fish contain omega fats while vegetable oils contain polyunsaturated fats.

How did it happen that so many people believe low fat diets are good for your heart?

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