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Author: [[Ivor Cummins, Jeffry Gerber]] Full Title: Eat Rich, Live Long Category: #books These trials failed spectacularly—dietary fat does not meaningfully raise cholesterol in the majority of humans.6 For decades, the American Heart Association (AHA) pushed the low-fat message. But today, the AHA is saying something quite different. In their massive 2015 report Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics, they buried a bombshell in the text.8 It says that five huge randomized controlled trials have demonstrated that total fat consumption does not affect rates of coronary heart disease or stroke. report. They state that each 5 percent of saturated fat in your diet that you replace with carbohydrate is associated with a 7 percent higher risk of coronary heart disease. But there is another bombshell in their report. They state that each 5 percent of saturated fat in your diet that you replace with carbohydrate is associated with a 7 percent higher risk of coronary heart disease. their The minimum human requirement for carbohydrate is effectively 0 percent of dietary intake. That’s right—zero—you don’t have to eat any carbs at all. Your body can easily synthesize all the glucose it requires.

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Eat Rich, Live Long by Ivor Cummins, Jeffry Gerber presents wisdom from the contemplative traditions.

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