Said by a favorite aunt: "A day without butter is a day wasted." I couldn't agree more.
In their June 2014 issue, Time Magazine reversed their position of 30 years in their cover article:
Eat Butter: Scientists labeled Fat the enemy, Why They Were Wrong.
The mistaken identification of saturated fat as enemy to health has caused untold damage to the waistlines and both mental and physical health of Americans. Fat is key to stabilizing blood sugar. Key to weight loss. Prominent nutritionists with decades of clinical practice advocate up to 75% of calories per day as fats: primarily saturated and mono unsaturated.
Take a look at a synopsis or read the article in the PDF below.
In their June 2014 issue, Time Magazine reversed their position of 30 years in their cover article:
Eat Butter: Scientists labeled Fat the enemy, Why They Were Wrong.
The mistaken identification of saturated fat as enemy to health has caused untold damage to the waistlines and both mental and physical health of Americans. Fat is key to stabilizing blood sugar. Key to weight loss. Prominent nutritionists with decades of clinical practice advocate up to 75% of calories per day as fats: primarily saturated and mono unsaturated.
Take a look at a synopsis or read the article in the PDF below.
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Here is the cover from 1984 where fat and cholesterol were defamed:
Cholseterol: And Now the Bad News
For an understanding of some of the forces that caused this mistaken vilification of saturated fat, see this stunning article: 9/12/2016 New York Time How the Sugar Industry Shifted Blame to Fat
An example of the long term ramifactions of fat phobia:
9/11/2016 New York Times: "Before You Spend $26,000 on Weight-Loss Surgery, Do This"
Osama Hamdy, medical director of the obesity and inpatient diabetes programs at the Joslin Diabetes Center at Harvard Medical School, and Sarah Hallberg, medical director of the weight loss program at Indiana University Health, sing the prases of a low carb, increased fat and protein diet for weight loss and recovery from diabetes. And mention the stunning absense of this advice at the 2016 annual diabetes association national convention. They call for physicians to do no harm, and councel their patients to do low carbs.
9/11/2016 New York Times: "Before You Spend $26,000 on Weight-Loss Surgery, Do This"
Osama Hamdy, medical director of the obesity and inpatient diabetes programs at the Joslin Diabetes Center at Harvard Medical School, and Sarah Hallberg, medical director of the weight loss program at Indiana University Health, sing the prases of a low carb, increased fat and protein diet for weight loss and recovery from diabetes. And mention the stunning absense of this advice at the 2016 annual diabetes association national convention. They call for physicians to do no harm, and councel their patients to do low carbs.