The Express reports that heart surgeon, Shyam Kolvekar, of London’s Heart Hospital, would like butter to be banned and for people to switch to low-fat margarine. What a pity that he is not up-to-date with research in this field and is therefore giving bad advice to people. - See More up-to-date research that concludes that saturated fat does NOT cause heart disease.
High salt intake can contribute to heart disease - as well as to obesity, high blood pressure, and stroke.
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Monday, January 18, 2010
Ill-informed heart surgeon urges that butter should be banned.
Posted by Willow at 4:10 pm
Labels: Cardiovascular Disease, fat, heart disease, Salt Intake, Salt reduction
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