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Have you banished butter, cream, and other sources of saturated fat from your diet?

Does that make you healthier?

This is the People's Pharmacy with Terry and

Joe Graydon.

For decades, public health officials have been haranguing Americans to clean up their diets and get rid of the fat.

Walk through any supermarket and you'll see shelves full of low fat and no fat foods.

So why are we getting fatter as a nation?

Obesity and diabetes have increased dramatically over the last few decades.

Why hasn't our low-fat diet worked to prevent these problems?

Coming up on the People's Pharmacy, the author of The Big Fat Surprise, will tell us why butter, meat, and cheese belong in a healthy diet.

First, this news.

In the People's Pharm health headlines, the Mediterranean diet has once again shown superiority over a low-fat diet in reversing cardiovascular risk.

Spanish researchers analyzed data from the Predimed study in which volunteers were randomized to follow one of three diets.

Some participants followed a Mediterranean-type diet that was supplemented with nuts.

Others followed the same diet but got large portions of extra virgin olive oil instead of nuts.

The third group followed a low-fat diet.

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