A Renowned Heart Surgeon Debunks Cholesterol and Saturated Fat Fears

 A Renowned Heart Surgeon Debunks Cholesterol and Saturated Fat Fears

by Paul Fassa

(The Best Years in Life) The myths of cholesterol and saturated fat as the evil instigators of bad cardiovascular health and obesity are slowly, very slowly, crumbling. Still, even many alternative and natural health sources still clamor about those cholesterol issues and avoiding those terrible saturated fats.

The latest research is proving that we need abundant healthy fats in our diets. Most cooking and salad oils are not of that ilk. All processed, hydrogenated and partially hydrogenated oils (aka trans fats or trans fatty acids) need to be shunned completely. Use only cold pressed natural oils for cooking and salads. 

Most processed foods use those cheap, health destroying oils that actually are harmful. Low and no fat diets deprive you of healthy fats, including real butter and coconut oil, eggs, dairy and animal fats from free roam and grass fed poultry and live stock.

Introducing Dr. Dwight Lundell

Dr. Dwight Lundell has been a heart specialist MD and surgeon for 25 years, having performed 5,000 open heart surgeries. He was Chief Surgeon at the Banner Heart Hospital in Mesa, AZ, and he ran a successful private practice.

This is how he begins his personal testimony: "We physicians with all our training, knowledge and authority often acquire a rather large ego that tends to make it difficult to admit we are wrong. So, here it is. I freely admit to being wrong."  Read More.