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Consider the GMO panic. People will be against the concept for a long time, no matter how reasonable that position is.
by upon_drumhead 2y ago
Consider the GMO panic. People will be against the concept for a long time, no matter how reasonable that position is.
- pfdietz 2y agoConsider trans fats in partially hydrogenated margarines.
- hombre_fatal 2y agoHow does that relate to modern margarine or Savor’s product?
- pfdietz 2y agoSometimes the public has good reason to be cautious. We often don't know what we don't know. Having said that, I don't consider the anti-GMO position to be reasonable.
- hombre_fatal 2y agoWe know that saturated fats are bad for the same reasons we know trans fats are bad but that doesn’t stop people from eating butter. But yeah, it’s very easy to make people scared of novel food. Though we know much more about nutrition than we did when trans fats were thought to be better than butter. But that doesn’t let butter off the hook just because there’s something worse than it.
- pfdietz 2y ago> We know that saturated fats are bad for the same reasons we know trans fats are bad I question this assertion.
- hombre_fatal 2y agoSaturated fats have a weaker but similar effect to trans fats, namely the increase of ApoB serum levels which are independently causal in atherosclerosis. This isn’t the best place to rehash the scientific consensus but it should be easy enough to find online if you stay away from social media charlatans. People will do anything to resist swallowing that pill because bacon and butter taste good, but we’ve known this for decades.