Re: Cholesterol & Saturated Fats- A Myth?

[Guest guest]

Beth,

This is thought provoking information. Makes you wonder about our

children's diet. I am in total support of reading this type of

information. As you stated before, if this is not of interest to

someone than they can just delete and move on to the next message.

Doesn't this website conflict with the new guidelines for

cholesterol levels which were just lowered?

Jean

>

> If you should have any reservations about your child eating

> saturated fats the following web site should dispel many of them:

> http://www.thincs.org/ .

>

> THINCS is a steadily growing group of scientists, physicians,

other

> academicians and science writers from various countries. Members

of

> this group represent different views about the causation of

> atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease, some of them are in

> conflict with others, but this is a normal part of science. What

> they all oppose is that animal fat and high cholesterol play a

role.

> The aim with this website is to inform their colleagues and the

> public that this idea is not supported by scientific evidence; in

> fact, for many years a huge number of scientific studies have

> directly contradicted it.

>

> Since I just found this resource I have not had a chance to review

> all the information but I did find a few that I initially pulled

up

> to be very informative. You may find these interesting,

especially

> the articles from the prestigious British Medical Journal (BMJ)

and

> articles contained in the BMJ reference section:

>

> http://www.ravnskov.nu/ncep_guidelines.htm

>

> http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/327/7427/1348-b

(review

> references at bottom)

>

> http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/324/7331/238 (review

> references at bottom)

>

> Beth

[Guest guest]

Beth,

Please, please, please leave saturated fats and cholesterol out of

debates on the list. It is too complex a topic to be discussed here.

I read the THINCS site when you sent me the address three weeks ago

and have had a bit of time to follow up some of the links. There is

far more involved in the risk factors for heart disease than THINCS

suggests.

To Jean. Yes the THINCS site does conflict with the World Health

Organisation's guidelines for cholesterol levels.

http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/75/2/191/T14

ne

[Guest guest]

I agree that all this stuff is thought provoking and I also support

reading this type of information, but in its proper context.

All of the studies quoted used adult subjects. We are caring for

children who have different dietary requirements to adults, so if you

are wondering about our children's diet, then I would suggest

researching some more relevant information specific to children.

Damian

> >

> > If you should have any reservations about your child eating

> > saturated fats the following web site should dispel many of

them:

> > http://www.thincs.org/ .

> >

> > THINCS is a steadily growing group of scientists, physicians,

> other

> > academicians and science writers from various countries. Members

> of

> > this group represent different views about the causation of

> > atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease, some of them are in

> > conflict with others, but this is a normal part of science. What

> > they all oppose is that animal fat and high cholesterol play a

> role.

> > The aim with this website is to inform their colleagues and the

> > public that this idea is not supported by scientific evidence; in

> > fact, for many years a huge number of scientific studies have

> > directly contradicted it.

> >

> > Since I just found this resource I have not had a chance to

review

> > all the information but I did find a few that I initially pulled

> up

> > to be very informative. You may find these interesting,

> especially

> > the articles from the prestigious British Medical Journal (BMJ)

> and

> > articles contained in the BMJ reference section:

> >

> > http://www.ravnskov.nu/ncep_guidelines.htm

> >

> > http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/327/7427/1348-b

> (review

> > references at bottom)

> >

> > http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/324/7331/238 (review

> > references at bottom)

> >

> > Beth