
Salt and fat are good for you! Salt and fat are bad for you! Oh my God, what should I do? Everyone, run and hide! Photo by Donna Turner Ruhlman
I’d have thought that an article in last Sunday’s
New York Times Magazine,
Eat Your Heart Out by Gretchen Reynolds, would have made me happy. I’ve long argued that America’s terror of fat and salt is misguided and blown grossly out of proportion. But all the piece did was make me mad.
It notes a study that found that men with heart disease who
reduced their intake of meat and saturated fats and
increased the polyunsaturated fats in their diet were
more likely to die of a heart attack than the control group who maintained their customary diet. ...
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