Re: Cholesterol and saturated fats )

[Guest guest]

Beth, Since Dr. Lutz has seen more than 10,000 patients (wow, that

is prolific since that means he actually treated more than 250 brand-

new patients every year), I am guessing that he has done some

studies that have been statistically analyzed, with the results?

This might help those of us who are more " statistically oriented "

understand the correlations, the significant ratios, etc. For

example, if XXX was done then Dr. Lutz found that it reduced the

cholesterol to a significant level at a .00003 level.

Even though Dr. Harbison hasn't been able to write up her studies to

publish them in a journal, she has had them statistically analyzed,

which she has presented at the convention. It helps a lot of

parents to understand better when they can actually see the numbers,

and see the correlation/significance. Clearly, someone just

saying " well, I have done this and it has helped all these people "

is going to be met with a great deal of suspicion (which I think

they should be, to be honest). One of the reasons why we are

pushing so hard to raise money to have Dr. H's work published -- two

research assistants were able to analyze the basic data -- so at

least now when a family goes home from the convention and says to

their local doctor " well, this Dr. " H " says blah blah blah " and the

local Dr. says " oh yeah? And who is she? " the family can actually

give a DVD with the statistics. But it will be even more accepted

when it can get published.

I haven't read the book yet (I did order it) but am wondering what

statistical analyses Lutz has conducted on 10,000 patients.

>

> > " The mindset that meats in large

> > amounts are bad for humans because of cholesterol is now being

> > proven incorrect "

>

> >Beth, I don't want to go back and forth with this. But after

> >reading

> >the latest messages on cholesterol and saturated fats, I feel I

> >have

> >no choice but to try one more time to get my point across.

>

> >The National Heart Foundation maintains that saturated fats do

> >increase cholesterol levels.

>

> >Here are the latest Heart Foundations recommendations for (some)

> >dietary fats:

>

> > Saturated fats

> > There is good evidence that:

> > i) An increase consumption of saturated fat is associated with

an

> > increase risk of coronary heart disease.

> > ii) An increase in the consumption of saturated fat, results in

an

> > increase in the concentration of total and low density

lipoprotein

> > cholesterol. (LDL-C)

> > It is recommended that:

> > Saturated fat and trans fatty acids together contribute no more

> than

> > 8% of total energy intake.

> >

> > Trans fatty acids

> > There is good evidence that:

> > i)Trans fatty acids increase the concentration of total

> cholesterol

> > and LDL, and lowers high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL)

> > The recommendation for it's use is as above.

> >

> > Dietary cholesterol

> > There is moderate evidence that:

> > i) Dietary cholesterol increases total cholesterol and LDL.

> > ii) Dietary cholesterol contributes to the development of

coronary

> > heart disease.

> > It is recommended that:

> > People with plasma cholesterol levels greater than 198mg/dl (

> > 5.0mmol/L) restrict the intake of cholesterol rich foods.

> >

> > (Reference

> > National Heart Foundation. A review of the relationship between

> > dietary fat and cardiovascular disease. 2002.)

> >

> > Beth, I applaud your research and energy in seeking what is best

> for

> > your daughter and it is great that this diet is working for her.

> > However, I am concerned that people with raised cholesterol

levels

> > may be reading the messages and getting the wrong advice about

> > saturated fats.

> >

> > I'm sorry that I have to disagree with you.

> > ne