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A landmark study has concluded that a low-fat diet does not reduce the risk of getting cancer or heart disease | story or read the reportsDon't start mainlining lard just yet The next study is surely just around the corner .New York Times
: The largest study ever to ask whether a low-fat diet reduces the risk of getting cancer or heart disease has found that the diet has no effect.
The $415 million federal study involved nearly 49,000 women ages 50 to 79 who were followed for eight years. In the end, those assigned to a low-fat diet had the same rates of breast cancer, colon cancer, heart attacks and strokes as those who ate whatever they pleased, researchers are reporting today. | story or read the reports
Truthdig says: Don’t start mainlining lard just yet. The next study is surely just around the corner….
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