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This papers summarizes evidence about associations between fatty acids and coronary disease.
They conclude that Current evidence does not clearly support cardiovascular guidelines that encourage high consumption of polyunsaturated fatty acids and low consumption of total saturated fats.
Meta-analysis and Systematic Review confirms that saturated fats are not bad for you !
Submitted by: Joel Dunning
Source: The Annals of Internal Medicine
Source URL: http://annals.org/article.aspx?articleid=1846638
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Author(s): Rajiv Chowdhury, MD, PhD; Samantha Warnakula, MPhil*; Setor Kunutsor, MD, MSt*; Francesca Crowe, PhD; Heather A. Ward, PhD; Laura Johnson, PhD; Oscar H. Franco, MD, PhD; Adam S. Butterworth, PhD; Nita G. Forouhi, MRCP, PhD; Simon G. Thompson, FMedSci; Kay-Tee Khaw, FMedSci; Dariush Mozaffarian, MD, DrPH; John Danesh, FRCP*; and Emanuele Di Angelantonio, MD, PhD*