The Express reports that heart surgeon, Shyam Kolvekar, of London’s Heart Hospital, would like butter to be banned and for people to switch to low-fat margarine. What a pity that he is not up-to-date with research in this field and is therefore giving bad advice to people. - See More up-to-date research that concludes that saturated fat does NOT cause heart disease.
High salt intake can contribute to heart disease - as well as to obesity, high blood pressure, and stroke.
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The same rubbish was churned out in the Daily Mail.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1244048/Ban-butter-save-thousands-lives-says-heart-surgeon.html
Just days after saturated fats have been officially proven not to cause heart disease, as in your posting on Dr. Briffa last Friday.
Hopefully changes are underway, but it's like turning a supertanker. Slow, slow....