It's Not the Fat That Makes Us Unhealthy
The title is not that unusual here, but this admission, from this author, editor of JAMA for 17 years [his CV bolded by me], certainly is.
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Note to Dr. Lundberg...if you are an angry old man, imagine what the American people who have suffered these "diseases of human civilization" are feeling right now. Medscape is subscription newsletter for physicians, anyone can sign up. Since many do not have it, I copied the transcript, but it is a video: https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/900495 |
And while I am being an angry old lady this morning, will add
The lucrative story of cotton seed oil Quote:
Many graphs and links...best to read at: https://www.dietdoctor.com/the-lucr...cotton-seed-oil |
Yep. We’ve been fed toxic waste. Wish it was a metaphor.
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I sincerely hope that Dr. Lunberg continues to stay on message and influences some change in the medical community. The following statement is a sad indictment of the scientific and medical communities (bold sections added by me):
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The worst part is that we've got hallowed institutions like Harvard employing people like Willett who will argue with Taubes' findings for the purpose of pushing an anti-meat, anti-saturated fat agenda. Harvard still has credibility to many, and these contentions are bought by the masses who believe whatever these credentialed and precise epidemiologists say. |
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We even see it here on the forum and other such places where people have dared to put their feet in the waters of alternative ways of eating and then one stupid headline appears and they are thrown, "coconut oil is poison", "saturated fat will kill you", "red meat gives you cancer", "low carb will shorten your lifespan", "a plant based diet is the healthiest way to eat" and on and on and on. And like scared rabbits they run back to the insidious and ubiquitous truly poisonous advice that got them into this predicament in the first place. I am glad that there are doctors getting on the bandwagon but even better are people who take the responsibility for their health into their own hands and minimize or even eliminate their need for a doctor except in acute situations. Time we took the doctors from their pedestals. |
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Well stated. |
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THIS is what really convinced people to avoid fat in all its forms. Snackwells, low fat yogurt, low fat everything was a marketing gimmick which convinced people it was something "everybody knows" and now infests the population. That is the most pernicious element we are fighting, and it is certainly the least reliable. |
Agree, and it's those types of junk food, ironically, that are perceived as healthy by so many.
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Sounds like a mea culpa - angry-old-man at himself. Good for him. Even though it's just an opinion piece and we all know what that makes him, it feels very powerful. I gotta wonder if something personal happened to him, like going low-carb just to see what's what. It worked for me and I believe for pretty much everybody on this forum. The facts, when faced with them in-your-face kinda way, just can't be ignored.
Ima pin this as another historical point. I mean, things must be happening if that kind of guy says something like that. |
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I agreed. Something has shifted. |
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