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The problem I see with the US is that companies have been allowed to influence almost all sections of society. I'm pretty sure the scientist that time knew that
by rdedev 3y ago
The problem I see with the US is that companies have been allowed to influence almost all sections of society. I'm pretty sure the scientist that time knew that fat on its own is not the issue(wet to getting more fat) when calories are controlled. That bit of nuance seems to be lost over time. I remember reading about how the sugar industry went on a PR campaign talking about how fat is bad and sugar is fine. If they was some pushback to this things might have been different
- tsimionescu 3y ago> I'm pretty sure the scientist that time knew that fat on its own is not the issue(wet to getting more fat) when calories are controlled. The calorie model was well established, so yes, they knew that you'd still get fat if you ate as much calories. But both scientists and doctors absolutely did believe that reducing fat consumption would directly reduce the incidence of heart disease regardless of body weight. The same thing happened later when it was believed that consuming cholesterol, or even later LDL, would increase the risk of high blood cholesterol and thus atherosclerosis. This led to things like doctors and large medical bodies recommending margarine instead of butter as a health food(!). There has been plenty of terrible advice coming directly from nutrition science and medical bodies influenced by it. Most likely even current advice will turn out to be nonsensical as we learn more.