By michael - September, 8th 2014

It’s time to end the low-fat myth. For decades, a low-fat diet was touted as a way to lose weight and prevent or control heart disease and other chronic conditions, and food companies re-engineered products to be reduced-fat or fat-free, often compensating for differences in flavor and texture by increasing amounts of salt, sugar, or refined grains. However, as a nation, following a low-fat diet hasn’t helped us control weight or become healthier.

Today, I have good news to share: it looks like a major war might be coming to an end, and I’m not talking about what’s happening on the other side of the world. I’m talking about one that’s happening right here at home—the war on dietary fat.

For almost 20 years (that is if you’re as old as me), you’ve heard fat is bad for you. In fact, you may remember when “low-fat” became synonymous with health. But the truth is that the war on fat being waged by food manufacturers and many of those in the diet, weight loss, and health industries is a fraud. These individuals are looking to cash in on your fears.

Take a minute to think about it. Since “low-fat” became a trend, obesity rates have skyrocketed, heart disease has continued to be a problem, diabetes has become increasingly common and, overall, we’re less healthy as a …

As a general rule, it’s a good idea to keep your intake of saturated fats as low as possible. We can’t eliminate saturated fat from our diets completely, because foods that are good sources of healthy fats—olive oil, walnuts, salmon—also contain a little bit of saturated fat. And it would be a mistake to cut back on nuts, oils, and fish to minimize saturated fat. When you add it up, red meat and full-fat dairy products (cheese, milk, ice cream, butter) are among the main sources of saturated fat in our diets. So keeping these foods low is the best way to reduce intake of saturated fat. And when you cut back on red meat and dairy products, replace them with foods that contain healthy fats—fatty fish like salmon, nuts and seeds, plant oils, avocadoes—not with foods that are high in refined carbohydrates.

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