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> Of course if you convince the populace that fat is evil and you can avoid weight gain just by avoiding dietary fat that food companies will respond accordingl
by Mordisquitos 3y ago
> Of course if you convince the populace that fat is evil and you can avoid weight gain just by avoiding dietary fat that food companies will respond accordingly.
But was it really scientists who convinced the populace that fat is evil? Or was it journalists, public commentators and business interests who convinced the populace that fat is evil, based on scientists' (retrospectively mistaken) results suggesting that substituting dietary fat in favour of carbohydrates was likely to improve certain health conditions?
- alexey-salmin 3y agoAncel Keys was a scientist but at the same time he enjoyed his influence and fame including being featured on the Times magazine cover. He personally contributed to popularization of his diets, then and ridiculed and marginalized Yudkin and low-sugar camp. Portraying scientists as selfless truth-seekers is largely inaccurate. They are people after all.
- WalterBright 3y agoScratch the surface and people are pretty much the same.