Medics are saying saturated fat may not be the devil incarnate. Just don’t expect an apology from low-fat food purveyors
by Joanna Blythman
theguardian dot com
The anti-sat-fat message has been used effectively by food manufacturers to woo us away from whole, natural foods, such as butter, which is only minimally processed, on to their products, which are entirely the opposite, such as margarine.’ Photograph: Jupiterimages/Getty Images/Comstock Images
Government and health charities have been doling out duff healthy eating advice for decades, but when are they going to admit it? That’s the question raised by the remarks of cardiologist Aseem Malhotra, who writing in the BMJ has challenged the orthodoxy that [Read more…]