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See this article from the scientific journal _Science_ from 2001 (not endorsing the linked website, it was just the first non-paywalled location of the article)
by JunkDNA 10y ago
See this article from the scientific journal _Science_ from 2001 (not endorsing the linked website, it was just the first non-paywalled location of the article): http://garytaubes.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Science-The-soft-science-of-dietary-fat-21.pdf http://garytaubes.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Science-The...
The fallacies around dietary guidelines have been known to the scientific community for over 15 years at least. I read that article when it was in the original issue and I was dumbfounded by the slapdash way nutrition guidelines are established with minimal proof.
- snrplfth 10y agoYep, it's amazing how long things like that go on. Of course, when the objective is "establish guidelines for the One Best Way to Eat", it's sort of a futile venture from the start.
- mustacheemperor 10y agoWhen I was in elementary school around 15 years ago and we covered nutrition, I remembered being very confused one year when our teacher was outright and honest about the ACTUAL literature on healthy eating, and then taught us the completely contradictory food pyramid after because she was required to.