When someone mentions Mediterranean diet the first association I have is fish, white cheese, olive oil, fresh fruit and veggies, and whole grain bread. Correct me if I'm wrong - but I wouldn't classify that as a plant based diet.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nina_Teicholz
I quote from it:
>>"Nina Teicholz is a journalist who became an advocate opposed to the idea that saturated fat is unhealthy and should be minimized in the American diet."
So, to begin with, she's a journalist who wrote a book about fat. In fact, she advocated that people should load up their diets on fat, particularly saturated fat:
>>Teicholz advised readers to "eat butter; drink milk whole, and feed it to the whole family. Stock up on creamy cheeses, offal, and sausage, and yes, bacon"
This advice runs counter to the advice of public health organisations and the opinionts of scientists:
>> Teicholz' claims were harshly criticized by the DGAC, the US Department of Health and Human Services, the Center for Science in the Public Interest, and others, including a petition signed by 180 scientists, and they called for BMJ to retract the article or issue corrections
My underlining.
I wouldn't trust that lady to tell me what to eat, or to criticise a scientific study's methodology. A journalist with a book has very clear incentives to "shake things up" by going against the scientific consensus. But, it's the opinion of experts that have studied the matter at length, who know the relevant bibliography well and understand its subtleties that one should trust more than outsiders who "rock the boat" for their own reasons.
Finally- it's really dangerous to listen to someone who tells you that, that thing you love to eat (or smoke, or drink, etc) that you always knew was not very good for you is actually very healthy. You have a big, fat incentive to blieve them unconditionally.
https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/hsph-in-the-news/low-fat-d...
And in general, the American population has been following this diet, and we are fatter than ever before, suffering from Type 2 Diabetes. And the "science" behind our current health policy is driven by organizations like the American Soybean Asociation who are more concerned with making money and less on science. And when you start talking about money, the science research will follow the money, because the scientists need to eat.
Please take a look at this videos,
https://youtu.be/Q2UnOryQiIY https://youtu.be/7Lww5WH7INI
I would read her book before you pass judgment.
This can't be right. Olive oil is a vegetable oil and it's been known since antiquity. Its preparation requires an olive mill and a donkey to turn the millstone. Not "extensive industrial processes!
I am talking about those other vegetable oils, like grapeseed oil, canola oil, sunflower oil, cottonseed oil. Do you remember Crisco short, this was a new product produced from cottonseed oil which had been hydrogenated though intensive industrial processes and sold as a cheaper alternative to the normal saturated fats used as the time.
I hope you actually look at the links and videos I put up in my previous comment. Your ad hominem attacks against Nina Teicholz, like "I wouldn't trust that lady to tell me what to eat" and "she's a journalist" don't go unnoticed.
I also want to point out her BMJ article was not retracted. The petition signed by 180 scientists was found to be without merit. I do find it telling you bring up the petition, yet you fail to say that article was not retracted.
That sounds threatening. Could you please clarify- who is it that noticed and what happens now that they noticed?
I am going to give you another video, you really should watch it.
So you’re not wrong, but cheese, fish, meat are all the tip of the pyramid, not the base. Of course as wealth has spreas people eat more fish and meat and cheese than they used to, and they suffer for it.