The guidelines from 1980 have indeed mentioned reducing satiating saturated fat and since then people have been getting more and more obese.
The problem is that we have, unfortunately, been listening.
The problem is that we have, unfortunately, been listening.
I am so tired of this crap. Energy intake increased by something like 400kcal/day since 1960. Mostly from processed foods.
At the same time physical activity plummeted.
What do you think is the most probable explanation of obesity: the above or that we halved our SFA intake?
1. Nothing to do with saturated fat.
2. Nothing to do with the dietary guidelines.
In fact, this kind of diet that is the basis of the modern dietary recommendations because we know it is associated with good outcomes.
I started following a Mediterranean style diet for my own heath a long time ago, and when I realized the harm of animal agriculture I stopped eating animal products completely. I of course would have preferred to continue eating like before, but evidence told me otherwise.
But every time I get a cold (with 3 kids in kindergarten and school, viruses are obligatory) it is seen as a weakness of my way of life. I even had a congenital condition blamed on my plant-based diet by more than one person, despite me doing a lot better than just about everyone else with that condition (which is probably just luck, my family have done well as well, while eating a standard diet).
> 3 kids in kindergarten and school
I see you have chosen the path of perpetual illness and insomnia.