On Fri, 31 Aug 2012 21:07:26 +0000 (UTC), Doug Freyburger
wrote:

[...]
I'm not sure any claim is being made, Doug, other than in his own
practice (and in various other studies) small LDL particles are a
significant risk factor for CHD. More studies would need to be done to
confirm any link between eating "gluten-free foods" and having small
LDL particles.

That "the nice people" bit does imply that the folks who put such
products on the market are/were unaware of such risks. That's
definitely true of the folks who put maragine on the market decades ago.
A lot of people though maragerine was beneficial until the long term
studies showed otherwise.

Given what we now know about HFCS, etc., it's not hard to imagine that
"the nice people" knew exactly what they were doing.

Heinlen's Razor says: Never attribute to malice that which can be
adequately explained by stupidity.

But when they do it over and over again? I ain't buying it.

[...]
Having a high number of small LDL particles, according to recent
studies, is a strong risk factor for CHD. I would assume that applies
to many people who are not fat.

My hunch is that they're bad for various subsets of the population,
but not for everyone.

My initial hunch is it's bad for anyone who's ever gotten fat, so
that's a different hunch than yours. It's not like we can play paper
scissors rock and get the real answer. ;^)

That's probably just as "scientific" as many of today's "studies" are.

What's the p-value for paper...rock...scissors, anyway?

Heh.

--
Dogman

"I have approximate answers and possible beliefs in different degrees of certainty
about different things, but I'm not absolutely sure of anything" - Richard Feynman