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I don't even need to read this article to know the headline is probably true. The standard USDA pyramid is not necessarily healthy eating for someone that isn't a marathon runner.

"By investigating the genesis of this theory, Taubes found that the government's initial decision 30 years ago to promote low-fat diets was not based on recommendations from doctors or scientists, but rather from lawyers who worked for Sen. George McGovern in the mid-1970s.

With the release of the government's "Food Pyramid" in the early 1990s, it was official: the low-fat/high-carb diet was America's food plan.

At the pyramid's base are the foods considered the staple of the healthy low-fat diet: refined carbohydrates such as bread, cereal, rice and pasta. At the narrow top — indicating that they should be used sparingly, if at all: fats and oils."

The Low-Fat Legend (ABC News)

Go to freeper, redhead, homepage, she has tons of info on this topic regarding bad fats and good fats. The problem in America is our dumbed down education system. Fatty acids are required by the body DAILY and you can't get them by eating high-carb, low-fat meals. Carlton Fredericks warned us about 30 yrs. ago about trans-fatty acids,(hydrogenated fats) the type found in cakes, cookies, chips and most processed foods--these are the fats which are bad for us the cis fatty acids are good. Many children and adults suffer because their diets lacked proper fats including DHA and EPA. Many conditions are treated today with these supplements, including: ADD, ADHD, Depression, eczema and psoriasis, high cholesterol, arthritis and inflammation,etc.

It's the spikes in our insulin,caused by high carbs/low fat meals, which makes us fat. We were made to eat fat and protein and not carbs. Modern agriculture made it possible for all of the breads and desserts for us to eat.

Low fat=high carb,

I was on the Atkins' Diet and lost 60 pounds eating 3 dz. eggs a week, steak, bacon, cheese where my cholesterol dropped 100 points and triglycerides 450 points.

John Stossel did a segment on "hunger" and "poverty" in America where he went to the poorest congressional district, the south Bronx, and found most of the poor people there were FAT and out of shape, he also found them to live in apartments with Cable TV, cell phones, Caller ID, refrigerators, CD players, etc. One occupant found on a soup kitchen line smiled and said, "it all depends on how you define 'poor'". They all play the system and WE pay the price. They get fatter and come down with diabetes.