Cholesterol
Sir,—There are probably as many researchers who consider that dietary fat is unrelated to hardened arteries and coronary heart disease as there are those who are convinced that it is. The Nobel Prize winners have found that one in 500 people lack receptors to absorb circulating cholesterol, so for them it is a genetic, rather than a
dietary, problem. Other, including local, research indicates that only 6 to 10 per cent of any Western population would greatly benefit from limiting fat intake. Our bodies make cholesterol, anyway, and our needs and output must differ. If those at risk genetically can be identified, then we can all solve our individual problems as easily as Jack Spratt and his wife. It seems of far wider benefit to stress factors which can cause ill health in most of us — smoking, obesity, too little fibre, too much sugar, and lack of exercise. — Yours, etc., , JANET R. HOLM. October 23, 1985.
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