She tried it. As she writes, it not only didn’t end well, it didn’t even begin well. Cruel, but hilarious.
Category Archives: Culinary
Saturated Fat
The tide continues to turn.
[Update a couple minutes later]
Why are doctors so stupid?
Basically, when they do have any time to keep up with the literature, much of it remains bogus.
Coffee
It’s bad, and people who drink it are bad. Someone after my own heart.
BMI
We could save lives by getting rid of it.
Like calorie counting, low fat, and cholesterol, BMI is junks science.
Our Decades-Long Diet Experiment
We were all guinea pigs. Well, most of us, anyway. I gave it up in the nineties.
“The change in dietary advice to promote low-fat foods is perhaps the biggest mistake in modern medical history.”
And they still won’t fess up to it, and they’re still doing it with that disastrous school-lunch program. Betsy Devos should be doing something about that.
[Update a few minutes later]
Related, sort of: Did feminism cause the obesity epidemic? The fact that people aren’t cooking as much is certainly a factor, but I think the low-fat craze is probably more responsible.
Dr. Manny Is An Idiot
There may be reasons not to eat organ meat, but sat fat and cholesterol are not one of them:
While there is new research questioning the role of dietary cholesterol and saturated fat in heart disease, there are still decades of research suggesting that they may be contributing factors. And the American Heart Association hasn’t changed its recommendation that saturated fat be kept at less than 5-6 percent of daily caloric intake.
The American Heart Association has (at best) its head up its fundament.
The Nutrition Tide Is Finally Turning
Eat fat to lose weight.
Diabetes
Scientists have cured mice of Type 1 with gene therapy. Apparently it will work for Type 2 as well, though a lot of that is caused by following terrible nutrition advice.
Calorie Counting
It’s junk science, and these menu rules based on it are insane, and probably impossible to follow.
In related news, studies showing the dangers of replacing saturated fat with vegetable oils were apparently buried for a long time.
Candy And Soda
Most Americans don’t think they should be able to be purchased with food stamps.
I agree. I oppose food stamps (it’s a federal subsidy to farmers), but if you’re going to give them out, they should only be used for food.