With no real scientific evidence to back up the claim.
The result has been an explosion in obesity, diabetes, and assorted diseases.
It's well past time for them to admit that they simply got it wrong.
I read a bunch of stuff nearly 20 years ago now that made me believe that dietary cholesterol had little if any significant effect on serum cholesterol levels. Turns out I’ve been right.
My tendency is to take all dietary conventional wisdom with a grain of salt (pun somewhat intended). I think that it will eventually turn out that all this worry about levels of serum cholesterol was probably misplaced, also.
That’s not to say I buy the claims of the alternative medicine/diet people, either. They tend to believe a lot of stuff without any really good reason.
I’m so confused.
The folks at the Weston A. Price Foundation have known this for years...specifically, that FedGov’s war on cholesterol was bogus.
http://www.westonaprice.org/?s=cholesterol
I knew it!
So, Eggs Benedict for everyone! Extra Hollandaise! Hash browns on the side!
To state the obvious, anyone can cite studies defending his food of choice. Thus has it always been. To me, even if the evidence is circumstantial as opposed to definitive, it seems to me logical that 1) if we consume more calories than we burn, we add weight; 2) foods high in fat have more calories; 3) simple carbs like white flour, and more so, concentrated simple carbs like sugar, while not as caloric as fats, don't satisfy the appetite as fat does. So, I am left with the belief that a diet heavy in vegetables, fruit, fish, and whole grains is the way to go.
Not that I follow this plan with 100% faith, but I try.
Kill people off, better for ObamaCare finances.