How many times have you heard a meal of red meat, butter, eggs or other saturated fat-laden foods called “artery clogging” or “a recipe for a heart attack?” What if we have it all wrong and those fatty meals are actually protecting our hearts in the event of an attack?
That seems to be the message from a 2011 laboratory study from the University of Cincinnati which shows that short-term, high-fat “splurges” in your diet could trigger cardio-protective properties during a heart attack.
