Steinberg recommends low saturated fat, low cholesterol diet from infancy

[Guest guest]

I want to cry (or scream) when I read this stuff:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080804190637.htm

Especially when it is so grossly inaccurate. Where is the conclusive evidence

that diets low in

saturated fat and cholesterol protect against heart disease? There is no such

evidence.

And where is the evidence that high cholesterol levels in the blood (without

oxidation) cause

heart disease? There isn't conclusive evidence here either.

Yet there are many, many studies which show that PUFA causes both inflammation

and

oxidative damage, both primary risk factors for heart disease (and many other

diseases such

as diabetes and cancer).

Steinberg's recommendations will very likely *increase* the rates of heart

disease. In

addition, children need cholesterol and saturated fat for proper growth and

development -

especially of the brain.

ARRRRRGGGGHHHHHH!