AARP: Ready to Ditch Your Low-Fat Diet? Not So Fast

These days some believe the hype that it’s actually okay to ditch your low-fat diet and eat fatty steak, ice cream and pizza. In this article by Gabrielle DeGroot Redford in the AARP Bulletin, Dr. Ornish dispels the hype and warns that “if it sound too good to be true, it probably is.”

“People would love to hear that butter and steak are health foods, but they’re not. They’re just not.”

He says:

“I would love to be able to tell people they can eat what they want and they’ll live a long, healthy life, but it’s just not true,” says Ornish, with a hint of exasperation. “People would love to hear that butter and steak are health foods, but they’re not. They’re just not.”

Read the full article here.