February 22, 2013 (The News) -- New research is challenging
widely held beliefs about the dietary benefits of unsaturated
fats, showing that some types long considered healthy, such as
corn and safflower oil, may actually harm people with heart
problems. The new results stem from a study published in 1978
that examined links between diet and heart disease. A re-
examination of the original research, including some data not
part of the previous analysis, found that eating fats identified
as omega 6s was linked to higher death rates among research
subjects, all men with a history of heart attacks. "What we
found didn't go along with the dietary advice that has been
given out for the past half century," said Daisy Zamora, a
nutrition epidemiologist with the University of North Carolina's
Gillings School of Health in Chapel Hill, who was involved in
the latest research. The study was published earlier this month
in the British Medical Journal. Saturated fats, found in butter,
red meats, cheeses and other animal-ba