This is very exciting, and I hope Americans catch on quickly. I’ve been obese almost my entire life except for 2 glorious years from 2006-2008 when I dropped 165 lbs. in just over 16 months by completely removing carbohydrates from my diet and vigorously exercising.
After marrying my wife, we fell into the rut of eating out all the time, consuming inordinate calories through alcohol and large portion sizes are restaurants, and I was actually floored how fast the fat piled back on when my diet changed.
This research needs to be echoed across the land. America’s obesity problem started in the 80s with the garbage food pyramid pushed by the Reagan administration (sorry, Ronnie), and we’ve grown exponentially as a society since then. The answer is right in front of us! Fat does NOT make us fat.
The food pyramid was around long before the Reagan Administration. I remember it from grade school, so I probably saw it in the late 60s thru mid 70s.
Obesity did not originate in the 80’s, I think it started with baby boomers being fed extra well by moms who had been through The Great Depression and WWII. A chubby baby was a healthy baby, and all that. But by the 80’s, fast food had been around awhile and changed a lot of eating habits, no argument there.
I have my Mom’s diaries from the 30’s, and she chronicled her life to include her shopping lists and meals she prepared. Read any recipe book from way back and the portions were much smaller, though the ingredients were not necessarily “heart-healthy” by today’s standards. Mom did serve very well-balanced meals.
I think their lives were much more physically demanding than now. My grandmother kept a two story house spotless for my grandfather and great-grandfather by herself well into old age, no maids, no Swiffers, no clothes dryers, no dishwasher.
I agree with you that fat is not the main culprit, and we also can’t forget genetics.
This is very exciting, and I hope Americans catch on quickly.
If you don’t eat fat, your body will make it for you.