Heart disease is caused by low-fat - not high fat diets.
The low fat hypothesis
was famously debunked by Gary Taub
in both the NY Times and the journal Science
see
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/07/magazine/07FAT.html?pagewanted=all
and
http://curezone.com/forums/fm.asp?i=566546
 
The highest rates of heart disease 
are found among those people in Japan
who eat a very low-fat diet
and exercise 6 hours per day.
They're called Sumo.see:
Roach, Mary, 
"Advice from the World's Biggest Weight Experts: Their Gain Can Be Your Loss." 
Health (March/April 1993) 62-72. 
    Describes the traditional, low-fat diet of Japanese sumo wrestlers. 
 
The lowest rates of heart disease are found in those people in Africa
who eat the highest fat diet known to science
(65% by calories)
and never eat vegetable material.
They also assiduously avoid exercise in any form.
see:
Shaper, A. G. et al, 
"Cardiovascular studies in the Samburu tribe of Northern Kenya." 
American Heart JournalVol. 63 No. 4 (April 1962) 437-442. 
 
Ray Audette


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From: Diane Heath ."Yes, The Indian diet is very high in fat, esp. 'ghee' and not healthy.  (The Esselstyn vegan diet is very low in oils)"
{my friend's comment though I'd differ with the comment re. fat}