30 Aug 2017 --- Researchers at the 2017 European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Congress have called for a reconsideration of global dietary guidelines on dietary fat intake in light of new data on fat and cardiovascular risk and mortality. Findings from more than 135,000 individuals from 18 countries in the Prospective Urban-Rural Epidemiology (PURE) study show that high carbohydrate intake is linked to worse total mortality and non-cardiovascular (CV) mortality outcomes, while a high fat intake is associated with lower risk.
