Americans eat 15 percent less fat than they did a decade ago, but are 30 percent heavier. Fad diets can even threaten health, the authors claim. Too little fat lowers the level of carotenes in the blood. Without these antioxidants, free radicals form, which are linked to cancer, arthritis, heart disease and aging. The Mediterranean diet, however, is associated with extraordinary low rates of cancer and heart disease.
Studies show that a certain amount of fat is needed to absorb nutrients and antioxidants.
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