From the link:
As Frederic Bastiat once said, We must admit that our opponents in this argument have a marked advantage over us. They need only a few words to set forth a half-truth; whereas, in order to show that it is a half-truth, we have to resort to long and arid dissertations.
This is, unfortunately, quite true. When Im at a dinner party and someone starts lecturing the table about the perils of saturated fat (or red meat, or eggs, or fill-in-the-blank), Im at the point after years of being kicked under the table by my wife of just asking the authority at the table one question: Why do you believe this is true?
I figure, put the burden of proof on them, right? This week, and I apologize for how long overdue this post is, Im going to get into the details of how this country (and many others who followed our lead) came to believe one of the most pervasive myths in the entire field of nutrition.
To write it all out would require a tome. In fact, such a tome already exists. Its called Good Calories, Bad Calories. But for most people, especially the authorities who already know the answer, its a complex and lengthy book. Furthermore, its not exactly something you can just whip out at a dinner party.
A few weeks ago I gave a talk at the UCSD medical school. I was asked to give a talk about ethics. While I have no professional training as an ethicist, I still think I have a good idea about what is and is not ethical. As Ive learned more and more about this topic, it appears to me that the state of our current nutritional environment, with food policies based on just about everything but rigorous, experimental science, couldnt make much ethical sense. Im pretty sure if Plato, Aristotle, and Nietzsche were still around theyd be disgusted with how we got here. So, I was happy to take this opportunity to speak with a group of thought leaders on this important topic.
Below [see link above] is a video combining the audio of my talk with my slide presentation. Its about an hour long. But as Bastiat essentially said, if you want to overturn half-truths, you cant do it with bumper stickers. Hopefully youll find this talk informative and useful for your dinner party discussions.
Thanks...I’ll listen when I get home.
Great link, really put the meat on the story. Thanks