In Episode 1682 of Jimmy Rants on the LLVLC Show, we take an honest look at the Norwegian HUSK Study and what that means for us.

“I’ve been shouting this from the mountaintop for 15 years, it’s not the fat in your diet that’s the problem, it’s the carbs.”

Jimmy Moore

When national dietary recommendations beginning in 1980 called for people to cut their fat intake, especially saturated fat, nobody seemed to think about the ramifications of what that would do in the rest of people’s diets. But when you reduce fat, only so much protein can be consumed. There was only one macronutrient left and people naturally gravitated to it. ⁣
⁣A new prospective cohort study out of Norway called The Hordaland Health Study (HUSK) published in the September 10, 2020 issue of Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Nutrition Society said telling people to reduce their saturated fat intake led them to eat more carbohydrates like bread, sweet beverages, and fruit—and this, in turn, increased their risk of cardiovascular disease. It turns conventional wisdom completely on its head about the what the real causal factors are in heart disease. Get all the details about the study in today’s episode of JIMMY RANTS on The LLVLC Show. ⁣

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