Low carb eaters are often concerned about eating more fat. Low fat diet advocates have long claimed, with very little evidence, that cutting fats in the diet makes a person healthier. The Women's Health Initiative study (Journal of the American Medical Association, February 2006) was the first long term study looking at the effects of diet change on a group of 49,000 women over an eight year period. However, it turned out that the women who cut fat from their diets did not receive benefits in terms of protection from breast cancer, colon cancer, heart disease, or stroke. Predictably, this did not stop the media from going wild defending low fat diets. More: Lowering Fat in Diet Does Not Protect from Cancer, Heart Disease, Stroke and My Response to The Anti-Fat Media.
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