We've heard it for several decades: saturated fat and cholesterol clog your arteries, make you fat and will give you a heart attack. It's so ingrained in our psyche that we get a bit sweaty looking at our blood results and seeing 'elevated LDL cholesterol' scores. We run home and throw out the butter and the eggs (if these were in the fridge in the first place!) and buy a bottle of canola oil and margarine. Many authors like Gary Taubes and prominent doctors have looked at the research in the last few years and realised that something just doesn't add up. As the cardiologist interviewed in Catalyst said "I was operating on people who had a heart attack and had very low cholesterol!". When people started to
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