The Lipid Hypothesis

As mentioned in previous posts I am changing my diet. I'm not "going on a diet". I'm changing it. There's a difference.

Now, I don't know how to write about this kind of stuff so please forgive the elementary wording.

Back in the 1950s a man named Ancel Keyes formed a hypothesis (known as the lipid hypothesis) that states that saturated fats and cholesterol lead to heart disease. This occurs because of the accumulation of cholesterol in the blood stream thus clogging arteries, and we all know the rest. Well, it turns out that said hypothesis may not exactly be accurate (guess that's why it's only a hypothesis). As a matter of fact, there is a mountain of evidence to the contrary. So I'm doing a lot of reading lately on the proposal that saturated fats aren't as bad as we have been told. I'm finding that a lot of researchers believe that animal fats are exactly what our bodies are designed to ingest and digest. So, this will be the first in a series of posts on this subject.

If you are interested in this subject matter here's more information. Even More information will follow as I come across legitimate sources.

First, I'm currently reading Good Calories Bad Calories by Gary Taubes. This book dives head first into the controversy. It's available at most books stores as well as online, and if you have Kindle, it's available for that too.

Here's a Men's Health article you should read.