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Associations of fats and carbohydrate intake with cardiovascular disease and mortality in 18 countries from five continents (PURE)

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High carbohydrate intake was associated with higher risk of total mortality, whereas total fat and individual types of fat were related to lower total mortality. Total fat and types of fat were not associated with cardiovascular disease, myocardial infarction, or cardiovascular disease mortality, whereas saturated fat had an inverse association with stroke. Global dietary guidelines should be reconsidered in light of these findings.

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Activity2004Administrator

Great posting and article, Hidden ! Thanks for posting it.

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Bazza1234

I am immediately suspicious of any article that uses the word "carbohydrates" without differentiating what type of carbohydrates they are talking about - all carbs are not the same!

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benwl in reply to Bazza1234

Indeed - Their analysis lumps all types of carb together into a single metric, whereas they break fat out into 3 types.

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