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Well sure, they 'eat' but the wrong things, and are unhealthy as well.

Sadly, many are following "expert" government advice.

I had my own journey with this nonsense. Mine was precipitated by medical issues with a clotting disorder. I followed the "experts" and was gaining weight and throwing blood clots. Of course the experts placed me on lipid medicine and blood thinners, but were unable to control my sky high triglyceride levels (660+) and reduced HDL's.

I began studying the issue and was flabbergasted by the prevailing diet and cardiac wisdom. There were the dissenters, however the prevalent wisdom was a ticket to metabolic syndrome, deteriorating health and premature death.

I went on very low carb (VLC) and began training for masters swimming. Amazingly, independent of the exercise my weight melted away and my lipid profile improved dramatically. I also stopped with the stupid and dangerous lipid medicine. It made no sense. What made sense was the ratio of HDLs to triglyceride. On VLC my triglyceride levels dropped to 40 with a modest increase in HDLs, however the ratio fell under 2. This resulted in both improved clotting issues and well documented (medically) reduction in plaque burst risk.

I do agree it is difficult to stay on the diet, but the benefits are a constant incentive.

Pol Pot and Stalin were pikers compared to what our government has done to the American people.

That is true. Our Gov't food pyramid and other nutrition material should be instinctively thought of as questionable. I mean, wouldn't a real liberal and conservative question stuff like that?

That's what I find odd, that there isn't that much blowback against particular subjects like that, perhaps there is too much money involved.

Pol Pot and Stalin were pikers compared to what our government has done to the American people.

Precisely. A lot of money has been made by a lot of people selling weight-loss schemes and drugs.

Even more has been made by pharmaceutical companies and doctors who push drugs like metformin (the
muscle-wasting drug) for Type II diabetes when a proper diet and exercise are the cures.

Heart disease caused by the food pyramid has also been a gold mine for surgeons and pill pushers every-
where. Meantime, we sicken and die as the poster children for crony capitalism (cause a problem, sell the
"cure") reap the rewards.

I woke up to these disgusting scams 12 years ago when I read up on and then started low-carbing and
got a look at my blood work after three months.