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#DietSpeak: slaying the high fat dogma

It is about time we started rejigging our diets away from carbs to high-fat foods. #DietSpeak Although this is not a randomised control trial we can use observational studies to draw conclusions. It is becoming increasingly clear that high carbohydrate intake is bad for you and that a high-fat diet is better for you. In this large macronutrient study higher carbohydrate intake is associated with an increased risk of total mortality whereas intake of total fat and each type of fat was associated with a lower risk of total mortality. This is just the latest piece of evidence showing a high-fat diet is good for you.   Dehghan et al. Associations of fats and carbohydrate intake with cardiovascular disease and mortality in 18 countries from five continents (PURE): a prospective cohort study . Lancet. 2017 Aug 28. pii: S0140-6736(17)32252-3.   BACKGROUND : The relationship between macronutrients and cardiovascular disease and mortality is controversial. Most available data are fro