Re: Is butter really bad for you?


David R. Throop ha scritto:

In article <1146967757.109090.107570@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Davide <davideb_music@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

But, I would like to know how Atkins/Bernstein/Eades supporters would
explain this: Angiology. 2000; 51(10):817-26.

People following high fat diets had a very dangerous 40% reduction of
coronary blood flow. On the other hand those consuming less animal
foods and more plant foods increased their coronary blood flow and
literally cleaned their clogged arteries

Davide,

I could perhaps hazard a critique if you told us more. Angiology's
online archives only go back to 2004. http://ang.sagepub.com/

Want to give us a title, author and abstract?

My first questions in this study are going to be:
* How much and what kind of starch were they eating? I'm pretty
convinced that the combination of high blood glucose and high fat
will plug your arteries. Something has to go. Cutting fat is
one strategy, as long as your pancreas is in good shape. Cutting
starch can also work.

* How much MUFA were they getting? What kind of PUFA? What did
their omega-3 / 6 profiles look like?

Hey, I admit that fat is horrible for you. It's just that
carbohydrate is even worse. :-)

I agree with you, I think that keeping your arteries healthy has lot to
do with keeping your BGs under control. But what I'm really interested
in is the adverse effect of the low carb diet: 40% reduction in
coronary blood flow and worsening of arteries blockage

Fleming RM.
The effect of high-protein diets on coronary blood flow Angiology.
2000; 51(10):817-26.

It's just a small study with small subject but this doesn't explain the
decrease in coronary bloof flow in the low carb group

I tend to agree more with the explanation as to why the thousands of
studies showing a correlation between cholesterol and diseases are
flawed.
It has been claimed that cholesterol accumulates to protect the
arteries from damage when they're already weakened so they would find
cholesterol plaques and higher serum cholesterol levels in people with
earth disease but the correlation would be inverse

There's a similar correlation flaw used against low fat diets. It has
been claimed by low carb gurus that there's a correlation between low
sat fat and cholesterol levels and depression and suicide. But the
correlation is inverse: the depressed and suicidal person lose its
appetite, eat less and less animal and fatty foods.

Davide

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