The U.S. government is poised to withdraw longstanding warnings about cholesterol

The nation’s top nutrition advisory panel has decided to drop its caution about eating cholesterol-laden food, a move that could undo almost 40 years of government warnings about its consumption.

The group’s finding that cholesterol in the diet need no longer be considered a “nutrient of concern” stands in contrast to the committee’s findings five years ago, the last time it convened. During those proceedings, as in previous years, the panel deemed the issue of excess cholesterol in the American diet a public health concern.

The finding follows an evolution of thinking among many nutritionists who now believe that, for healthy adults, eating foods high in cholesterol may not significantly affect the level of cholesterol in the blood or increase the risk of heart disease.

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Sidney will provide a link to a study that says otherwise ;-)

It's been a bad couple of weeks for the low-fat fanciers hasn't it?

Dillinger wrote:It's been a bad couple of weeks for the low-fat fanciers hasn't it?

After many battles the war is being won. The antis are on the canvas and the ref is counting them out, I need a new war.

I think you're right Eddie ! It's getting too easy now ! No more valid arguments, just countless success stories.

I've just been reading Jimmy Moore's 'Cholesterol Clarity' (thanks to Indy51 for the heads up a few months ago that this was going for a song on Amazon in Kindle format) and it's interesting that in there, despite all the evidence, there was still disillusionment that there would be any real changes in the 2014 round of revisions. Pleasant surprise then.