Coffee bad, coffee good. Eggs bad, eggs good. Butter bad, butter good. Coconut oil bad, coconut oil good. Avocados bad, avocados good. Red meat bad, red meat good. And so it goes. I’ll continue eating bacon and pepperoni until the next report comes out stating that they are highly beneficial for our health and we should be eating more of them.
This yo-yo thing has been happening for a very long time as this movie about a man waking up in the future makes fun of:
Dr. Melik: This morning for breakfast he requested something called "wheat germ, organic honey and tiger's milk."
Dr. Aragon: [chuckling] Oh, yes. Those are the charmed substances that some years ago were thought to contain life-preserving properties.
Dr. Melik: You mean there was no deep fat? No steak or cream pies or...hot fudge?
Dr. Aragon: Those were thought to be unhealthy...precisely the opposite of what we now know to be true.
Dr. Melik: Incredible.
- "Sleeper"(1973)
I think a fairly balanced diet practicing moderation (holidays excluded) is sufficient. WORRYING about this stuff will kill you far faster than food, so I refuse to do that. Genetics are a dice roll you don't get "take-backs" at.