RE: Re: Low-fat diets don't necessarily lead to less chance of disease

April 7, 2006

these are the WHI " low fat " studies from JAMA that we already discussed on the

list

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From: on behalf of Rodney

Sent: Thu 04/06/06 7:48 PM

Subject: [ ] Re: Low-fat diets don't necessarily lead to less

chance of disease

Hi Iggy:

I can't wait to see the details of this study. What percentage of

calories from fat was considered " low-fat " in this case, and which

types of fat did they feed the subjects and teh controls. And how

carefully were the subjects matched to the control group?

If anyone has the abstract, it would be good to see it. It does not

appear to be in PubMed ........ yet anyway. Or the entire study

would be even better of course.

Rodney.

>

> A great review stressing the calorie consumption and good/bad fat.

>

> National Public Radio, Day to Day, February 8, 2006 . A new study

published

> in the most recent Journal of the American Medical Association

suggests

> healthier diets don't necessarily lead to less chance of disease.

The study

> followed more than 30,000 women restricted to low-fat diets, and

concluded

> there was little or no evidence the diets led to lower rates of

cancer and

> heart disease. Madeleine Brand speaks with Alice Lichtenstein,

professor of

> nutritional science at Tufts University, about the findings.

>

> http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5196332

>

> Sincerely,

>

> IGGY Dybal

>

April 7, 2006