Low Fat Diets – How Effective Is The Low Fat Diet Plan?
Are low-fat diets effective? Personally, I would say no. While this still doesnt give license for everyone to dust off the deep fryer, it simply means that fat doesnt play quite so large of a role in harboring diseases as previously thought by researchers.
According to a 10 year long study of 49,000 postmenopausal women nationwide, low-fat diets had virtually no effect on the incidence of heart disease, colorectal cancer, stroke, or breast cancer as opposed to the higher fat content of a more standard American diet. This news has certainly come as a shock for many since the exact opposite was touted. If we, as a society, were to eat less fats then the occurrence of heart disease and various cancers would surely plummet.
What has also shocked many is that eating a high-carb, low-fat diet will not raise triglycerides, or elevate chances of developing diabetes. And even though fat has over double the calories per gram as protein or carbohydrates, eating a low-fat diet will not help those needing to lose weight.
One piece of evidence that does happen to coincide with past assertions is that...