Dear Editor,
Re: “You are what you eat,” Column, Jan. 7.
In his article, Dr. Wong stated that “unhealthy and excessive fat intake can promote heart disease.” Current thinking about saturated fats has turned that warning on its head. Saturated fats do not promote heart disease or cancer and should form part of a healthy diet. He is correct that sugars should be much reduced. Adding fats back in your diet and reducing carbohydrates, especially sugars, is the updated advice that physicians and nutritionists should be giving their clients. If your community group would like an update, I would be happy to explained the evidence basis for the changing recommendations. This offer includes family physicians in Richmond.
Richard Mathias MD FRCPC
Professor Emeritus, UBC
Richmond
