On May 24, 1:28*pm, James Warren wrote:
On 5/24/2012 1:09 PM, Doug Freyburger wrote:





James Warren wrote:
Doug Freyburger wrote:
James Warren wrote:
Doug Freyburger wrote:

Exactly - The big fat lie.

It might merely be a mistake.

Early on it would have been a mistake. *Then the evidence started piling
up and the entrenchment progresssed.

Or a big fat goof up.

Validly called a goof up from around 1970 until around 1980. *By then
the evidence that low fat is harmful at least as often as beneficial had
alreadu built up.

Doubts were beginning to appear but not solid evidence against Low Fat.



It's been a clear cut lie for a very long time. *Advocates of fallen
theories tend to adhere to them for life so we're going to have those
low fat advocates out there spewing their lies for quite some time now.

It has not been so clear as to remove all doubt. There is still the
unresolved issue of whether or not the established risk factors are
really risk factors. Until this is resolved most do not want to chance
doing things to risk worsening their lipid profiles. In fact, all diets
tested compare themselves to how well they affect lipid profiles, tacitly
assuming that lipid profiles are valid risk markers. As long as it can
be shown that Low Fat diets lower LDL cholesterol then changing it will
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To believe it's all a deliberate lie you'd have to believe that
the vast majority of the medical establishment, researchers,
scientists, etc are all evil. I agree with you here James.
I think many of them are wrong too, but it's not a deliberate lie.
How
would one explain this vast conspiracy, with everyone from
ADA, NIH to your local doctors, nutritionists, university
professors, all being in on it?

The truth is that for the foreseable future there is always
going to be data on diet that can be interpreted in different
ways. Those that think the whole medical community is
lying, should call a hippie the next time they need treatment
or a drug.