tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post270094998797168799..comments2024-03-27T08:40:31.785-06:00Comments on Clayton Cramer.: The Virtues of a High Fat, Low Carbohydrate DietClayton Cramerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03258083387204776812noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-89920294155121116682011-07-15T17:20:44.518-06:002011-07-15T17:20:44.518-06:00In 1961, the American Heart Association was first ...In 1961, the American Heart Association was first to endorse a low fat, high carbohydrate diet. In 1980, the federal government - USDA - incorporated the AHA anti-fat position into the 1980 Dietary Guidelines. Since then, obesity and diabetes have become epidemic and heart disease has not gone down as promised. Perhaps its time to gut low fat = good health and restore America's higher fat whole foods diet.Alan Watsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09590296413466476645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-63932183646038215322011-07-15T10:52:13.536-06:002011-07-15T10:52:13.536-06:00Gary Taubes book, Good Calories, Bad Calories: Fat...Gary Taubes book, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Good-Calories-Bad-Controversial-Science/dp/1400033462/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1310748457&sr=8-2" rel="nofollow"><i>Good Calories, Bad Calories: Fats, Carbs, and the Controversial Science of Diet and Health</i></a> is a fascinating, largely historical, account of how medical "science" has approached the question of why humans get fat. Reading it revealed that, similar to the modern controversy over AGW, a few people in a field can establish an orthodoxy that is difficult to overcome.Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15569206003851743608noreply@blogger.com