After years of hearing, "lower fat, lower fat" from dieticians, a new authoratative study finds that a diet low in fat doesn't decrease your chances of heart disease or cancer (if you're female). I lost my weight by reducing refined sugars and flour... I never really paid attention to fat content. Chances a low-fat diet will help? Slim and none - Health & Science - International Herald Tribune

The largest study ever to ask whether a low-fat diet reduces the risk of getting cancer or heart disease has found that the diet has no effect.