Over that last year Global Family Doctor has reported several studies showing that higher fat content in diets is healthy. The latest one this week by Esposito et al showed that newly diagnosed diabetics who were instructed to follow a Mediterranean diet with 40% fat content had better blood sugar control, better cholesterol reduction, less use of oral hypoglycemic medicines, and more weight loss that those instructed to follow a standard diabetic diet.
In June 2009 we reported the study by Jenkins et al showing that a diet high in plant-based fat lowered cholesterol. A systematic review by Mente et al that we reported in April showed benefit of Mediterranean diet and intake of fish oils for prevention of heart disease. In January we reported a study by Salas-Salvado et al in which Mediterranean diet plus 30 g daily of mixed nuts decreased the risk among people with metabolic syndrome to advance to diabetes type 2 compared with Mediterranean diet alone.
It seems like time to abandon low fat diets and recommend good fat diets instead.
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