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I think jumping to conclusions based on this paper is not a good idea: * The authors are not experts in this field. They seem to be experts in business management [0], other science fields [1], and the culinary arts [2] but not cardiovascular disease or anything related to it.
* Experts in this field have done extensive reviews, and there is a strong link between saturated fat & CVD, especially if you take into account replacing SFA with PUFA.
* All the world's health bodies agree — from Wikipedia: "Recommendations to reduce, limit or replace dietary intake of trans fats and saturated fats, in favor of unsaturated fats, are made by the World Health Organization, American Heart Association, Health Canada, the US Department of Health and Human Services, the UK National Health Service, the UK Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition, the Australian Department of Health and Aging, the Singapore Ministry of Health, the Indian Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the New Zealand Ministry of Health, and Hong Kong's Department of Health." [3]
* In my observation, many people strongly dispute the link between SFA & CVD usually subscribe to fringe health beliefs like all-meat diets, etc. Note: I do think limiting sugar/HFCS is a good idea as well.
[0] Reimara Valk: https://www.aud.edu/aud-school/school-of-business-administra...[1] James Hamill: https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=author:%22Hammill%20Jam... [2] Jonas Grip: https://ch.linkedin.com/in/jonas-karl-grip-89875a12 [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturated_fat |
Something that I think most people on HN need to realize is that we are not experts on biology or medical science, so we shouldn't be reading these papers and coming up with conclusions on how to live our lives. Until the organizations that you list in your 3rd bullet point start changing their recommendations, we'd all be well served to follow their advice.