The Low-Fat Fable
For decades, consumers have opted for a low-fat diet to watch their heart health. But is this way of eating as good for us as we originally thought?
For decades, we have been told that obesity and heart disease epidemics were caused by fat. The experts theorized that because fat is high in calories it cannot make a lean body. The original 1992 edition of the United States Department of Agriculture “food pyramid” went so far as to recommend up to 11 daily servings of bread, cereal, rice and pasta. “F…