American Heart Association Renders Itself Obsolete With 1960s Dietary Advice on Coconut Oil

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By Dr. Mercola

By Dr. Mercola

For well over half a century, a majority of health care officials and media have warned that saturated fats are bad for your health and lead to obesity, high cholesterol and heart disease. The American Heart Association (AHA) began encouraging Americans to limit dietary fat in general and saturated fats in particular as far back as 1961.

The current version of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) food pyramid, called “MyPlate,”1 more or less eliminated fats altogether, with the exception of a small amount of low-fat dairy. According to MyPlate, the food groups …read more

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