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Ban butter to save lives says heart surgeon

Written by Zoë on January 18, 2010 - 3 Comments
Categories: Conflict, Media comments

Shyam Kolvekar (a heart surgeon) is all over the news today having asserted that Butter should be banned to save thousands of lives. The Daily Mail asserted “Saturated fat is blamed for a third of the 200,000 premature deaths from heart disease a year.” Facts please, Daily Mail?! There is not even a consistent association [...]

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