Current state of nutritional science:
Propose hypothesis of heart diseased caused by high consumption of animal fats
Tell public to reduce animal fat consumption to reduce heart disease
Public reduces animal fat consumption
Heart disease rates continue to stay the same
Conduct studies to prove old hypothesis isn't wrong:
Studies show that Atkins style diets have closer to optimal HDL/LDL/Triglyceride blood levels than low fat diets
Ignore study
Claim that it must be genetics that causes "some" people to not get heart disease from high fat, low carb diets
Watch the documentary "Fathead" on Netflix. The movie can be a little annoying in its political overtones, but the fact that the guy eats an extremely high fat diet with low carb and sugar intakes and improves his cholesterol numbers is interesting. Of course, it must be a genetic fluke, according to the low fat promoters. Let's do the math, shall we:
Odds of a person having a genetic mutation where they are immune to cholesterol when most people aren't: low
Odds of a person choosing to make a documentary: low
Odds of a person choosing to make a documentary about themselves going on an extremely high fat diet for 30 days: extremely low
Odds that this same person just happens to be one of these people who is genetically immune to cholesterol.......
REALLY?
Tell public to reduce animal fat consumption to reduce heart disease
Public reduces animal fat consumption
Heart disease rates continue to stay the same
Conduct studies to prove old hypothesis isn't wrong: Studies show that Atkins style diets have closer to optimal HDL/LDL/Triglyceride blood levels than low fat diets
Ignore study
Claim that it must be genetics that causes "some" people to not get heart disease from high fat, low carb diets
Watch the documentary "Fathead" on Netflix. The movie can be a little annoying in its political overtones, but the fact that the guy eats an extremely high fat diet with low carb and sugar intakes and improves his cholesterol numbers is interesting. Of course, it must be a genetic fluke, according to the low fat promoters. Let's do the math, shall we:
Odds of a person having a genetic mutation where they are immune to cholesterol when most people aren't: low
Odds of a person choosing to make a documentary: low
Odds of a person choosing to make a documentary about themselves going on an extremely high fat diet for 30 days: extremely low
Odds that this same person just happens to be one of these people who is genetically immune to cholesterol....... REALLY?