Some interesting urls posted on the paleofood list... Cheers, Kirt === Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1999 21:26:02 -0500 Reply-To: Paleolithic Eating Support List <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Paleolithic Eating Support List <[log in to unmask]> From: Don Wiss <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Web pages of some interest To: [log in to unmask] Some stuff on the myth of dietary fat and carbohydrates: http://www.pediatrics.org/cgi/content/full/103/3/e26 Low-fat diet does not appear to cut risk of breast cancer: http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/9903/09/breast.cancer.fat/ "There was no association between intakes of saturated or cis-monounsaturated fatty acids, linoleic or linolenic acid, or dietary cholesterol and the risk of coronary deaths" http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=4&db=m&term=Pietine n+P%3B+Ascherio+A%3B&dispmax=20&relentrezdate=No+Limit "The idea that too much animal fat and a high cholesterol is dangerous to your heart and vessels is nothing but a myth." http://home2.swipnet.se/~w-25775/ "Thus, the dietary substitution of carbohydrate for fat stimulated fatty acid synthesis and the plasma accumulation of palmitate-enriched, linoleate-deficient triglyceride. Such changes could have adverse effects on the cardiovascular system." http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=4&db=m&term=Hudgins +LC%3B+Hellerstein+M%3B+Seidman+C&dispmax=20&relentrezdate=No+Limit Total fat reduction may not be important for heart disease prevention: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?uid=9366580&form=6&db=m& Dopt=b Don. Secola /\ Nieft [log in to unmask]