This article discusses studies on the relationship of dietary fat intake and health and compares this to the typical advice of the mainstream medical establishment.
What’s difficult to know is just which bit of the story about the new studies is most extraordinary. Is it the fact that the advice provided to Americans to eat diets low in fat in order to reduce the risk of heart disease and cancer is not supported by current science? Is it the fact that this advice hasn’t had strong scientific support for the last 30 years? Is it the fact that this doesn’t seem to disturb the public health community? Or is the fact that that community isn’t going to change the “lifestyle” advice they provide?
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