‘Saturated fat doesn't increase coronary heart disease in people with diabetes’

Have we been fighting the wrong demons? Despite significant advances in management strategies, coronary heart disease (CHD) remains the leading cause of morbidity and mortality. Diabetes increases risk of myocardial infarction by 55% and, between 2010–2012, 37 000 people with diabetes in England/Wales were hospitalised with CHD.1 Given the role played by fatty plaque (containing cholesterol) earlier thinking demonised dietary saturated fat....