For decades, the world has vilified fat, and especially saturated fat, as the primary dietary villain behind heart disease. Government guidelines preached it, public health campaigns trumpeted it, and food companies rushed to stock shelves with low-fat high-carb alternatives. Yet despite Americans dramatically cutting their fat intake, rates of obesity, type 2 diabetes, and heart disease have skyrocketed.
What if we've been chasing the wrong culprit all along?
The real problem isn't fat. It's carbohydrates—particularly refined, high-glycemic carbs consumed excessively throughout the day. The standard American diet, packed with bread, pasta, cereal, soda, and processed snacks, ignites a metabolic firestorm that creates the perfect conditions for atherosclerosis, heart attacks, and premature death.
Inside we unpacks the evidence showing why carbohydrate overload—not fat—is the true driver of cardiovascular disease.
