In a move that reminded me of the Saturday Night Live Emily Litella bit, "science" has decided that the anti-saturated fat campaign that started back in the 50's and really kicked into high gear in the 70's was ... well ... wrong.
"Saturated fat does not cause heart disease"—or so concluded a big study published in March in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine. How could this be? The very cornerstone of dietary advice for generations has been that the saturated fats in butter, cheese and red meat should be avoided because they clog our arteries. For many diet-conscious Americans, it is simply second nature to opt for chicken over sirloin, canola oil over butter.
The new study's conclusion shouldn't surprise anyone familiar with modern nutritional science, however. The fact is, there has never been solid evidence for the idea that these fats cause disease. We only believe this to be the case because nutrition policy has been derailed over the past half-century by a mixture of personal ambition, bad science, politics and bias.
- NINA TEICHOLZ in The Wall Street Journal May 6, 2014
Time Magazine covers ... what a difference 30 years makes
makes you wonder what else they may be wrong about ... hmm
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