It's yet another example of bad medicine and misplaced trust in medical authorities. Just because someone wears a lab coat and sports a medical degree doesn't mean they know anything about health. Doctors are trained in diseases, not nutrition, and they're largely clueless when it comes to telling their patients what to eat.
Of course, it is precisely the pioneering doctors who are coming around to the idea that the human body needs healthy fats. Their work is to be applauded! Finally, the low-fat craze of the 80's and 90's is history.
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Overweight individuals who adopt a low-fat diet in
hopes of lessening their risk of heart disease and diabetes may be
venturing down the wrong path, results of a new study headed by a
nutritional researcher at the University at Buffalo have shown.
The dietary intervention trial involved two groups of overweight
participants assigned to eat meals containing the same number of
calories, but different percentages fat.
Those consuming a diet containing 18 percent fat (low fat) reduced
their lipid-based risk by nine percent.
Moreover, after a four-week weight maintenance phase, moderate-fat
dieters maintained their levels of beneficial cholesterol (HDL),
improved the ratio of HDL to total and non-HDL cholesterol and lowered
the concentration of triglycerides, also harmful to heart health.