Wed, May-21-14, 21:32
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Getting Healthy!
Posts: 1,755
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Plan: General LC
Stats: 213/169/166
BF:
Progress: 94%
Location: Tuscaloosa, AL, USA
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I've just finished listening to the audio version of the book. I highly recommend it!
The information on the fraudulent and bad science, along with misguided government intervention, that lead to public adoption of the low fat diet wasn't new to me, but it was still an interesting read. Ditto with the info on cholesterol. What I hadn't really known about was the history and research behind trans fats. I didn't even know about Fred Kummerow's >55 year fight to get the word out about the dangers of trans fats (which is still going on even though he's 99 years old). And, I hadn't heard about the food industries' replacements for trans fats or the fact that some of them might be even worse for human health than trans fats. There's some scary stuff out there, especially in the deep fat fryers of restaurants (like McDonalds uniforms catching on fire at the cleaners because of the fats now being used).
All in all, a few interesting and educational book.
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