Hi Digby... I'm going to side with Wind and Sand on this one I think. I'm just not sure why exactly you say that a low fat diet is not healthy "for you". Is it because you've read that you need more fats, or because you've tried this diet and it made you feel unhealthy?
Like Sand said, 20-25% is not really that low at all in the grand scheme of things. In fact, most mainstream and gov't nutritionists recommend that the general population get no higher than 30%. And if you want to talk to Dr. Ornish, as Sand mentioned, 10% is a much heart-healthier way to eat.
If you're looking to have the healthiest possilble diet, to me that means listening to the majority of nutritionists out there and finding a happy medium - and from the looks of it that's pretty darn close to what Heather recommends re: amount of fat in your diet.
However, to me, even more important for living my healthiest life is eating to control my IBS; no matter how "healthy" i.e. eat (i.e. whole grains and plant oils all day!) if my IBS is not stable, I'm not healthy. Period. And for me, that means eating lower fat, and I don't feel any less healthy for it - I feel more healthy. Frankly, I'd be in the bathroom all day if I ate the amount of fat you eat! 
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