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Old Tue, Feb-17-15, 13:39
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Statements such as "people have been gradually increasing their animal fat and protein and processed food diets" is just false and an irresponsible statement for grouping the three categories. According to the National Health and Examination Survey (NHANES) conducted since 1971 for 5-year periods at 5-year intervals, the amount of saturated fat consumed by males decreased by 14%, by females a small increase of 3% up until the last data in 2006. To lay the current health epidemic at the feet of animal fat is a hollow, unfounded accusation. Feinman in the book The World Turned Upside Down, The Second Low-Carbohydrate Revolution discusses NHANES and its results.

To make that statement without understanding the contributions of the 3 components mentioned, and to include "processed food," which can be anything, but is often a combination of fats (type not specified to include polyunsaturated or trans fats), carbs (sweeteners/starches), and chemicals masquerading as flavor enhancers demonstrates the degree of the absence of knowledge in this case. I can and have summarily dismissed this statement. However, when statements like this get distributed, it becomes unfortunate that some reading this rubbish are inclined to believe it. That's the damaging part in a statement of this nature.
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