Fat is OK and sugar is evil

The experts seem to have turned the advice upside down .
An article in the BMJ by cardiologist Dr Aseem Malhotra explains -

http://www.bmj.com/content/347/bmj.f6340

I think the bottom line is that eating fat from meat (dairy) does not cause high cholesterol as previously thought.

When your blood cholesterol is measured, you are given a result for your total cholesterol.
Within that you will be given a result for your LDL cholesterol.
It was thought that this was the bad boy
This was the one that caused nasty muck to gum up your arteries.

Well - it seems that within that LDL there are two subdivisions
Large particles and small particles.
The large ones are of no concern
The small ones are the bad guys

Now
What happens to these small ones depends on your sugar and refined carbohydrate intake.
If you stuff your face with sweeties and candy and cakes and biscuits and fizzy drinks and bad breakfast cereals etc etc - then those small particles of LDL cholesterol will cause problems - such as gummed up arteries and the metabolic syndrome (diabetes)
If your are not stuffing your face with the above mentioned stuff, then you shouldn't have a problem.

So -meat is OK and butter and cheese and full fat milk.
But don't add sugar to anything and avoid foods where it is added - especially fizzy drinks
Eat unrefined carbohydrate such as whole meal bread
Go canny with processed meats - bacon and sausage and pies

I am heartened because that pretty well sums up what I was 'trying' to do before
but I frequently fail -especially when presented with cream cakes such as chocolate eclairs!