Myth Buster: Saturated Fat Causes Heart Disease
When it comes to medicine we have to be careful what we read. This is particularly true when it comes to conventional wisdom, especially when something is said without citation. Something like, "High-fat foods may cause weight gain and heart disease." We are fed a barrage of information about fatty foods causing weight gain and heart disease. Seldom is there a reference supporting this. It's just said as though it were a fact, similar to the one that says, "Humans are causing global warming." Evidence, please? At least with global warming, it's computer moderated information. What they don't tell you is that the information that comes out is only as good as what comes it. So, if what goes in is junk, what comes out is junk. But, when it comes to fatty foods causing weight gain and heart disease, there's no evidence to be heard from. In this case, it seems that someone just made this up because it sounds good . Then everyone else just kind of went wit...