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There is an extensive disinformation campaign going on, largely funded by meat and dairy companies, to confuse people about this. Refined carbohydrates and suga
by cageface 9y ago
There is an extensive disinformation campaign going on, largely funded by meat and dairy companies, to confuse people about this. Refined carbohydrates and sugars are not healthy, it’s true. But the idea that saturated fat is safe is not supported by any solid science.
Summarized here:
https://www.libertariannews.org/2016/03/07/dr-peter-attia-readdressing-dietary-guidelines/ https://www.libertariannews.org/2016/03/07/dr-peter-attia-re...
https://nutritionfacts.org/2015/05/19/low-carb-diets-and-coronary-blood-flow/ https://nutritionfacts.org/2015/05/19/low-carb-diets-and-cor...
- brucephillips 9y agoSince the title of your first source is "Hack, Liar and All Round Disgusting Individual", I'm not inclined to trust it or investigate further.
- cageface 9y agoWhat else can you call somebody peddling pseudoscience that's horrifically damaging to individuals, animals, and the planet?
- brucephillips 9y agoYou don't call them anything. You address their arguments and methodology. All the axe grinding in that article makes it read like a tabloid, and I don't trust tabloids.
- cageface 9y agoTry this instead then: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/29/well/good-fats-bad-fats.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/29/well/good-fats-bad-fats.h... Or this: https://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-saturated-fat-studies-buttering-up-the-public/ https://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-saturated-fat-studies-b...