A passage in Dr. Cordain's book _The Paleo Diet_ discusses the dangers of a diet
which is BOTH high-fat and high-calorie.  I was curious if anyone on this list
has another view on the subject, or knows of any references that have another
view.  I'm trying to research all sides.  Here is the passage (p.12):

"Despite what anybody tells you--despite the outrageous claims of the
low-carbohyrdate, high-fat diet doctors--if you eat a lot of the saturated fats
found in cheeses, butter, and bacon and don't cut you overall calorie intake,
your cholesterol will go up.  The medical community has known this for more than
fifty years.  It's been demonstrated in hundreds of clinical trials, including
metabolic ward studies, in which people are locked into a hospital wing and only
allowed to eat foods that have been carefully weighted and analyzed.  Many of
the low-carbohydrate diet doctors claim that these clinical trials are invalid
because none of them reduced the carbohydrate content sufficiently.  These
doctors should know better; low carbohydrates don't guarantee low cholesterol.

"Dr. Stephen Phinney and colleagues from the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology conducted a normal caloric intake metabolic ward trial involving nine
healthy, lean men.  These men consumed nothing but meat, fish, eggs, cheese, and
cream for thirty-five days.  They had a low carbohydrate intake--less than 20
grams a day--but it didn't matter.  Their blood cholesterol levels still went
up, from 159 to 208 on average in just thirty-five days.  This study and others
prove beyond a doubt that diets high in saturated fats--no matter how low the
carbohydrate content--will raise blood cholesterol levels when caloric intake
levels are normal.

Thanks for any thoughts,
Lurisia