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.
There is a clear association of fats and carbohydrate intake with cardiovascular disease and mortality. Specifically, the higher your intake of carbohydrate, the higher the likelihood of death from heart attack, stroke and other potentially fatal cardiovascular disease.
A Mediterranean type cuisine avoids these pitfalls and does not shy away from fat. It’s quite clear that fat doesn’t make you fat, unhealthy and more likely to experience cardiovascular disease. Excessive carbohydrate intake does.
It is incumbent upon governments, dieticians etc. to reformulate public policy and medical advice that is now proven as dangerously flawed.