http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/08/health/08fat.html?_r=1&th&emc=th&oref=slogin
Low-Fat Diet Does Not Cut Health Risks, Study Finds
By GINA KOLATA
A large study has found that a low-fat diet has
no effect in reducing the risk of getting cancer
or heart disease.
Careful my people be careful, this 450 million
dollar study makes some valid points but mainly
one needs to be careful in analysing the
results. While I agree that low-fat in of itself
is not sufficient to reduce risks for disease
what many of these studies leave out is the
QUALITY of food being ingested. Technically if
one eats a turkey sandwich on white bread with a
diet cola, instead of a hamburger and coke, it
appears as if one is eating healthier (much like
the subway sandwich madness). But while one may
reduce calories and theoretically be able to
reduce weight, its possible that one increases
their risks for cancer and other diseases.
Similarly people who opt to drink skim milk, and
low -fat goods many times ignore the fact that
whole foods in their whole form do less to throw
our body out of equilibrium, a theory poineered
by Dr. Weston price (www.westonaprice.org).
Ofcourse the study points out that lifestyle,
exercise and all are factors, as well as the
type of fats ingested. But what about climate?
Air pollution? New York city has one of the
highest rates of heart disease in the nation
though statiscally its problems with obesity are
much less. A boggling statistic for many public
health officials. The NIH is in the process of
doing a study that takes into account air
pollution and stress. What all of these studies
leave out is the type of food being eaten,
natural, processed, organic, artificial.
What to make of these studies? They usually end
up influencing the paradigm of thinking, so it
seems important to analyze or debunk. Let me
know what you think.
Peace and love
Gabo
--
Y no olviden que la tierra goza al sentir el
contacto de sus pies desnudos y que los vientos
anhelan jugar con sus cabellos.
- K. Gibrán
We tell ourselves stories in order to live
- J. Didion
2 comments:
interesting...I didn't realize that the rates of heart disease were that much higher in NY than other parts of the country. Do you think other major world cities would demonstrate similarly elevated rates of heart disease?
from my understanding new york city is an anomaly in the country and in the world you would have to see if they had lower obesity rates compared to their respective countries. The NYC seems to be stress and air quality, though I am not sure how one can measure stress nowadays.....can it be quantified? Thanks for the comment. Will keep you posted on other studies.
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