Eat whatever you want folks. . . .

[Bulldogcakes]

<h1><p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/07/health/07cnd-fat.html?ei=5065&en=184edbaa85ef6995&ex=1139979600&partner=MYWAY&pagewanted=print" target="_self" title="Study Finds Low-Fat Diet Won't Stop Cancer or Heart Disease"><font size="2">
Study Finds Low-Fat Diet Won't Stop Cancer or Heart Disease</font></a></p><p>&nbsp;</p></h1><p>The largest study ever to ask whether a low-fat <a title="Recent and archival health news about Diet and Nutrition." href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/health/diseasesconditionsandhealthtopics/diet/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier">diet</a> reduces the risk of getting <a title="Recent and archival health news about Cancer." href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/health/diseasesconditionsandhealthtopics/cancer/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier">cancer</a> or <a title="Recent and archival health news about Heart Disease." href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/health/diseasesconditionsandhealthtopics/heartdisease/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier">heart disease</a> has found that the diet has no effect.</p>
<p>The $415 million federal study involved nearly 49,000 women ages 50
to 79 who were followed for eight years. In the end, those assigned to
a low-fat diet had the same rates of <a title="Recent and archival health news about Breast Cancer." href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/health/diseasesconditionsandhealthtopics/breastcancer/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier">breast cancer</a>, colon cancer, heart attacks and strokes as those who ate whatever they pleased, researchers are reporting today.</p>
<p>&quot;These studies are revolutionary,&quot; said Dr. Jules Hirsch, physician
in chief emeritus at Rockefeller University in New York City, who has
spent a lifetime studying the effects of diets on weight and health.
&quot;They should put a stop to this era of thinking that we have all the
information we need to change the whole national diet and make
everybody healthy.&quot;</p><h1><p></p><p><font size="2">THANK GOD!&nbsp; I'm so sick of the food police, and always suspected they have no idea what they're talking about. <br /></font></p></h1>

[sr71blackbird]

There has been some serious criticisim of this study.&nbsp; It leaves more questions than answers.&nbsp;

[FUNKMAN]

<p>start frying the bacon baby...</p><p>my motto is 'moderation'... except for wine</p>

[bobrobot]

<p><strong><font color="#000099">If the ocean was french fries and I was a duck, I'd dive to the bottom and I'd never come up.</font></strong></p><p><img height="234" src="http://www.enterstageright.com/archive/articles/0905/090505frenchfries.jpg" width="235" border="0" /></p>

[Death Metal Moe]

<p>I enjoy meat, fried food and processed foods but I also love fresh fruits and vegetables too.</p><p>I try to moderate what I eat, but it's obvious from my physique that I enjoy the bad stuff a little too much.&nbsp; You can't live your life scared.&nbsp; Eat what you want, just don't be surprised when you are sickly eating at McDonalds everyday.&nbsp;</p>

[HBox]

<p>Wait, they only followed women who were 50-79, and even then only followed them for 8 years? I'd think the previous 50 years of these people lives are infinitely more important and can't be erased by 8 years of anything. And, even if valid, the findings hardly suggest that you can eat whatever you want.</p><p>The results, the study investigators agreed, do not justify
recommending low-fat diets to the public to reduce their heart disease
and cancer risk. Given the lack of benefit found in the study, many
medical researchers said that the best dietary advice, for now, was to
follow federal guidelines for healthy eating, with less saturated and
trans fats, more grains, and more fruits and vegetables.</p>

[Bulldogcakes]

<p>&nbsp;</p><strong />There has been some serious criticisim of this study. It leaves more questions than answers. <p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;Yeah, by people trying to sell you diet books.</p><p>The study, published in today's issue of The Journal of the American
Medical Association, was not just an ordinary study, said Dr. Michael
Thun, who directs epidemiological research for the American Cancer
Society. It was so large and so expensive, Dr. Thun said, that it was
&quot;the Rolls-Royce of studies.&quot; As such, he added, it is likely to be the
final word.</p><p><br /> </p><p>&nbsp;</p>

[Bulldogcakes]

I dont want people to oversimplify their findings. Obesity is still bad for your health, as is any diet thats seriously unbalanced. But for those of you who believe in low fat diets having health benfits, your beliefs are now an article of religious faith. There's no evidence to support them. <br />

[sr71blackbird]

<p>Yeah, by people trying to sell you diet books.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>You sell CAKE!&nbsp; <img src="http://www.ronfez.net/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/smile.gif" border="0" /></p>

[Bulldogcakes]

<p>&nbsp;</p><strong>HBox</strong> wrote:<br /><p><font color="Navy"><font size="2">Wait, they only followed women who were 50-79, and even then only followed them for 8 years? I'd think the previous 50 years of these people lives are infinitely more important and can't be erased by 8 years of anything. And, even if valid, the findings hardly suggest that you can eat whatever you want.</font></font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Those are the age groups that Doctors have been prescribing to change their diets for health reasons for years. And it turns out to have zero effect. </p><p>It does claim you can eat whatever you want, within the context of a reasonably balanced diet. It actually encourages a variety of fat sources as long as it doesn't lead to obesity . <br /></p>

[Bulldogcakes]

<p>&nbsp;</p><strong>sr71blackbird</strong> wrote:<br /><p>&nbsp;</p>Yeah, by people trying to sell you diet books.<p>&nbsp;</p><p> </p><p>You sell CAKE! <img border="0" src="http://www.ronfez.net/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/smile.gif" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Damn right I do! And you can have your cake and eat it too, just dont become a fatty boombaladdy and you'll be fine. &nbsp;</p>

[Bulldogcakes]

<p>&nbsp;</p><strong />I also love fresh fruits and vegetables too.<p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Me too. Especially when fresh fruits and vegetables are covered in bacon grease. &nbsp;</p>

[suggums]

<p>i warsh myself with a rag on a stick</p><p><img border="0" src="http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/9987/rag3uw.jpg" /> </p>

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by suggums on 2-8-06 @ 7:46 PM</span>