What could be wrong with a cheeseburger and chocolate milkshake every now and then?
Quite a lot, warns new research, which found that even one meal rich in saturated fat could mess up the ability of “good” HDL cholesterol to protect against damage to arteries.* In the study, scientists at the Heart Research Institute in Sydney, Australia fed a slice of carrot cake and a milkshake to 14 healthy, normal-weight men and women, ages 18 to 40. The following month, the subjects came back for another cake-and-shake meal.
