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Low-Fat May Not Always be The Best For The Heart

  • May 06, 2004

A study suggested that a high amount of fat in the diet might be beneficial to a person with healthy cholesterol levels, however extreme restriction of fat might produce the opposite effect. The study found that after 11 healthy, but not physically active adults maintained a very low-fat diet for three weeks, their HDL cholesterol--the "good" cholesterol that is thought to be a preventative against heart disease dropped. These findings suggested that HDL levels might be raised by adequate...