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In a recent paper reporting on the National Cancer Institute study of multivitamin use and the risk of prostate cancer, the NCI authors cited several possible bias factors. An analysis by Ray Kurzweil and Terry Grossman shows why the study’s biases should be considered before drawing conclusions.… read more
From this printout, all of your tests appear to be normal. Your levels of serum cholesterol, triglycerides, and other lipids are normal. Other blood tests, such as thyroid function, are all normal.
That’s great. I do try to take care of myself, but it’s always good to hear that I’m in good health.
Yes, except for your fatal illness, you’re just fine.
So what does this mean? Ten percent calories from fat? How do I translate that into practical terms?
Each gram of fat has 9 calories. If you eat, let’s say, 2,000 calories each day, then you want 200 calories from fat Divide 9 into 200 and you go 22 grams of fat per day. Twenty-two grams of fat is equivalent to about 5 teaspoons of oil (or butter, margarine, fat from meat, etc.). Note that we are talking about all the fat in your diet, not just the added fats, such as oils. In fact, to achieve this level, you will want very little or no added fats.
So, a diet low in fat, cholesterol, and sodium, plus regular aerobic exercise, produces a dramatic reduction in artery and heart disease. Are there any other benefits?
As a matter of fact, reduction in heart disease risk is just the first in a long list of benefits. I mentioned it first because it is the primary health risk in our society and is by far our biggest killer.
In terms of other diseases, consider first the diseases caused by the same atherosclerotic mechanism. When the coup-de-grace event-a blood clot forming on or getting stuck in an advanced atherosclerotic plaque formation-occurs in the coronary arteries, that’s a heart attack. When it happens in the arteries feeding the brain, you have a thrombotic or embolic stroke.
So how do I keep to 10 percent calories from fat?
Since a gram of fat has 9 calories, you can eat about l.l grams of fat per 100 calories. Now some items will be less than this, and some will be more, but that is the nominal goal.