12/24/97,Reuters- "Higher Fat Diet Reduces Stroke Risk?"

In a surprising new study, the editorial's authors, Drs. Roger Sherwin
and Thomas Price of the University of Maryland School of Medicine
indicate that dietary fat does not increase the risk of the most common
type of stroke. Also, certain types of fat - including saturated fat and
monounsaturated fat - may even decrease the risk of stroke in middle-aged
men. Further studies are necessary to confirm this. This finding is in
conflict with other studies linking heart disease with a high fat diet.
"In the new study, the risk of having a stroke dropped 15% for every 3%
increase in energy gained from total fat and dropped 9% for every 1%
increase in saturated fat, the type found in meat and dairy products. The
stroke risk declined 11% for every 1% increase in monounsaturated fat
intake, the type of fat found in canola, nut and olive oil, according to
a report in the current issue of The New England Journal of Medicine.
There was no protective effect of polyunsaturated fat, which is found in
fish and vegetable oils."

Ray Audette
Author "NeanderThin:A Caveman's Guide to Nutrition"
http://www.sofdesign.com/neander