In an effort to slash heart disease, the Dietary Guidelines for Americans [1] have since 1977 been urging people to: 

 

1. Reduce total fat consumption to 30% of total caloric intake.

 

2. Reduce saturated fat consumption to 10% of total energy intake.

 

Government issued dietary guidelines are highly authoritative and regarded by a majority as being backed by solid research. However, as it turns out, this is not the case… 

 

Dietary recommendations regarding intake of total and saturated fat are highly controversial, and the debate is heating up. A recent systematic review and meta-analysis of six studies that were available 1977, when the first version of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans was published, shows: [2]