newbie question on fat ratios

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Hi, have read through the archives to try and answer my question but

cannot find a clear answer (maybe there is not one) but I would at

least like to know what the long-terms think the answer is.

(Question 1)I eat around 2000 cals so have been calorie restricting

without realising it (also very new to internet). After a family

member died two years ago I cut my sat fats to virtually zero and

increased my poly and mono to equal proportions (I do this by eating

low fat foods then adding flax oil, sunflower seed oil and olive oil

to my food for a mix of fats). But as I have read more on fats the

poly fats seem to be getting a bad reputation (partially because

some are hydrogenated and others can go rancid easily). Sat fats are

also supposed to be bad, so what fats are safe, should I go full

mono with just a few grams of poly (omega 3 & 6), is that the safest

bet to avoid heart problems?

(Question 2): In my search for an answer I saw the following pubmed

abstract:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?

cmd=Retrieve & db=pubmed & dopt=Abstract & list_uids=7934543

and from checking the internet for comments on this study, it seems

that sat fats only clog up something like 25 percent of all CHD

patients hearts, while mono fat clogs a similar amount and poly fats

clog up to 50 percent of the heart. It did not matter what fats the

person actually ate (based on tissue body fat). So my understanding

of this study is that if you ate nothing but sat fats and monofats

plus a few grams of poly which is essential then it would be

impossible for your heart to get fully clogged up, is this correct ?

If not then can anyone explain this study, and does anybody know if

the full paper is available on the internet.

(Question 3) Due to double bonds etc sat fats are the toughest, mono

the second toughest and poly the weakest. But if this is the case

doesnt the wear and tear going on inside the body turn poly sats

rancid the quickest as they are the most fragile, and the opposite

being true for sat fats, thats another area that confuses me. I

would love their to be a doctor out there who could give me some

definite answers to this question as my experience with the internet

so far is everybody thinks they are right, but they all say

different things. I wish Dr. walford was still with as he might have

written a new book addressing my concerns(only learned three weeks

go of his death).

Thanks, have got walfords 120 year diet, but could not pin him down

to a specific fat ratio or answer to these questions.