Originally Posted by IraHays

Don't trim the fat. It taste good for a reason!The commonly-held belief that the best diet for the prevention of coronary heart disease is a low saturated fat, low cholesterol is not supported by the available evidence from clinical trials. In the primary prevention, such diets do not reduce the risk of myocardial infarction or coronary or all cause mortalityCONCLUSIONS: Intake of animal products such as eggs, dairy products, and fish may be protective against intracerebral haemorrhage, but is not related to cerebral infarction mortality.In conclusion, this long follow-up community-based cohort study suggests that in Japan, where animal product intake is still generally low and small arteries disease remains the first subtype of cerebral infarction, consumption of both animal fat and cholesterol may reduce the risk of mortality from cerebral infarction.