'Rise of saturated fat in diet does not raise fats in blood'

A New controlled diet study has found that increasing the levels of saturated fat in the diet does not lead to increased levels of saturated fat in the blood. However, increasing the amount of carbohydrates in the diet was found to raise the levels of a fatty acid associated with diabetes and heart disease.

Diets full of high carbohydrate foods such as cookies could increase the risk of heart disease, according to research.

Levels of palmitoleic acid were reduced with lowcarbohydrate intake and increased as the participants consumed progressively larger amounts of carbohydrates over the course of the study.

According to senior author Prof. Jeff Volek, the study, "challenges the conventional wisdom that has demonized saturated fat and extends our knowledge of why dietary saturated fat doesn't correlate with disease."

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