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Nutrition and Health X

Is rising fat intake a bad thing?
than 400 medical research papers and
books. It features results of two proprietary surveys of doctors, nutritionists and consumers.
The report did not have negative
views of saturated fat and cholesterol.
The report forecast saturated fat
should account for 13% of calorie intake by 2030, up from 9% now. The
American Heart Association advises
people that less than 7% of their daily
calories should come from
saturated fat, but the CredRegional per capita estimates of
it Suisse report disagreed.
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percentage of total fat
"Based on medical and
our own research, we can
consumption of calorie intake
conclude that the intake of
2011 2016 2021 2026 2030
saturated fat (butter, palm
and coconut oil, and lard)
East Asia & Pacific
28
30
32
35
36
poses no risk to our health
Eastern Asia
28
30
32
34
36
and particularly to the
Japan
29
29
29
29
29
heart," the report said.
Eastern Asia ex-Japan
27
30
32
35
37
Butter consumption is
Oceania
40
41
42
43
43
growing globally at a rate
Australia
42
43
44
44
45
of 2% to 4% annually, acOceania ex-Australia
34
35
36
37
37
cording to the report, and
red meat consumption
Europe & Central Asia
34
35
37
39
40
should grow 23% over the
Latin America & Caribbean
28
31
33
36
38
next 15 years.
North America
40
42
44
46
47
Middle East & North Africa
23
26
28
31
33
The report forecast globSouth Asia
20
20
21
22
23
al egg consumption should
grow at a rate of 4% a year
Southern Asia
19
20
21
22
23
as cholesterol warnings
India
19
20
21
21
22
lessen in importance. The
Southern Asia ex-India
20
21
23
24
26
report found no connecSouth-Eastern Asia
20
21
22
22
23
tion between the cholesterol we eat and the level
Sub-Saharan Africa
19
20
22
23
24
of cholesterol in our blood.
World
26
27
28
30
31
The 2015 Dietary GuideSource: FAOSTAT, Credit Suisse estimates
lines Advisory Committee
has said it will not recommore natural, unprocessed fats and mend people limit cholesterol intake
food products rich in saturated fats to no more than 300 mg per day, a recand monounsaturated fats (organic ommendation found in previous Didairy, grass-fed meats, natural oils, etary Guidelines for Americans. The
and nuts). The report reviewed more 2015 D.G.A.C. said available evidence
NEW YORK - Global fat consumption
will account for 31% of calorie intake by
2030, up from 26% currently, but that
may not be a negative health forecast,
according to a report issued Sept. 17 by
the Credit Suisse Research Institute.
The report titled "Fat: The New
Health Paradigm" said consumer
buying patterns and medical research
both are moving gradually in the direction of favoring food products with

Study links saturated fat to
heart disease risk
BOSTON - Another article has focused on the health effects of saturated
fat. This one, in contrast to two other
articles, delivers a more negative message on saturated fat.
Unsaturated fats, especially polyunsaturated fats, and/or high quality
carbohydrates may be used to replace
saturated fats to reduce coronary heart
disease, according to a study that appeared on-line Sept. 28 in the Journal of
the American College of Cardiology.
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The study comes after a financial
services company, Credit Suisse, on
Sept. 17 issued a report predicting
saturated fat intake will increase
through 2030 as negative perceptions
gradually disappear (see related story above). Journalist Nina Teicholz,
in an article that appeared on-line
Sept. 24 in the BMJ, criticized the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee 2015 over its recommendations to
limit saturated fat intake.

shows no appreciable relationship between consumption of dietary cholesterol and serum cholesterol.
Stefano Natella, global head of equity
research, investment banking, and Giles
Keating, vice-chairman of IS&R and deputy global chief investment officer, private banking and wealth management,
wrote the introduction of the report.
"The conclusion of this report is simple," they said. "Natural unprocessed
fats are healthy and key to the evolution of a society that focuses on developing healthy individuals, not just on
treating those that are sick. Natural
foods high in monounsaturated and
saturated fats are one of the preferred
sources of energy for our bodies to use
and store. Omega-3 has strong protective properties for our heart and brain.
Welcome to the new world of fat."
The two proprietary surveys showed
some doctors and consumers still have
negative views on fat and cholesterol.
A survey of 151 doctors in North
America, Europe and Asia found 69%
said they believe the right percentage
of fat in the diet should be in the 20% to
35% range. Another 19% said fat in the
diet should be in the 10% to 20% range,
and 13% said it should be above 35%.
More than 89% of the doctors said they
believed saturated fats and trans fats
are linked to cardiovascular issues, and
54% said they believe eating cholesterol-rich foods is not good for the heart.
The consumer survey involved
2,846 people in the six countries of the
United States, the United Kingdom,
China, India, Japan and Indonesia.
The survey found 29% said they think
fat is good for their health but only
15% said they are likely to increase
consumption of fat. While 66% said
they believe eating foods rich in cholesterol negatively affects their hearts,
78% said they felt eating cholesterolrich foods raises blood cholesterol. MBN
The study in the Journal of the American
College of Cardiology involved researchers from the Harvard T.H. Chan School
of Public Health in Boston, the Harvard
Medical School in Boston and the Wellness Institute at the Cleveland Clinic in
Lyndhurst, Ohio. They looked at 84,628
women in the Nurses' Health Study
from 1980 to 2010 and 42,908 men in
the Health Professionals Follow-up
Study from 1986 to 2010.
People were free of diabetes, cardiovascular disease and cancer at baseline.
Food frequency questionnaires assessed
diet every four years. The researchers
documented 7,667 cases of coronary
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