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The Heart Protection Study was a randomized controlled trial run by the Clinical Trial Service Unit, and funded by the Medical Research Council (MRC) and the British Heart Foundation (BHF) in the United Kingdom.
The British Heart Foundation (BHF) is a cardiovascular research charity in the United Kingdom. [5] It funds medical research related to heart and circulatory diseases and their risk factors, and runs influencing work aimed at shaping public policy and raising awareness.
The British Heart Foundation criticised these "misleading and wrong" claims and several researchers took issue with the methodology of the report on which Malhotra based his claims. [ 9 ] [ 65 ] [ 66 ] Prof Louis Levy, the head of nutrition science at Public Health England says "There is good evidence that a high intake of saturated fat ...
To promote heart health and improve cholesterol, we aimed for a daily limit of 14 grams of saturated fat (with an upper limit of 20 grams on days we include fatty fish), at least 30 grams of fiber ...
A 2021 study linking strawberries to heart health found eating 2.5 servings of strawberries per day for four weeks improved LDL cholesterol levels in adults with obesity and high cholesterol.
The New 8-Week Cholesterol Cure is a 1987 health book by Robert Kowalski, who wrote it as a personal recollection about dealing with cholesterol issues. [1] Kowalski wrote the book after having two coronary bypass surgeries and a heart attack. [ 2 ]
In 2023, the World Heart Federation published a report which stated that high levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol are a major risk factor for cardiovascular diseases and that elevated LDL cholesterol contributed to 3.8 million deaths in 2021.
Saturated fat has been shown to raise total and LDL cholesterol in a large number of studies [6] and has also been correlated with a higher risk of heart disease. [6]: 383 A 2013 meta-analysis of low- and high-fat diets showed low-fat diets decreased total cholesterol and LDL, but these decreases were not found when considering low-calorie diets.