> The West, typically, eats a tiny, tiny fraction of the fat it used to. And also far less animal fat. This is false, or at least not supported by any data I'v

> The West, typically, eats a tiny, tiny fraction of the fat it used to. And also far less animal fat. This is false, or at least not supported by any data I've seen. Fat consumption increased 39% from 1909 to 2000 [0]. Meat consumption increased about 40% from 1909 to 2007 [1]. You are right that many of the fats have changed from animal fats to seed oil fats mostly from the 1970s onward. [0] https://www.beatalewismd.com/blog/fat-fads-changes-in-fat-consumption-over-the-last-100-years https://www.beatalewismd.com/blog/fat-fads-changes-in-fat-co... [1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3045642/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3045642/