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Title: Records Found in Dusty Basement Undermine Decades of Dietary Advice
Post by: rangerrebew on April 25, 2017, 11:43:06 am

Records Found in Dusty Basement Undermine Decades of Dietary Advice

Raw data from a 40-year-old study raises new questions about fats

    By Sharon Begley, STAT on April 19, 2017
 

If biology has an Indiana Jones, it is Christopher Ramsden: he specializes in excavating lost studies, particularly those with the potential to challenge mainstream, government-sanctioned health advice.

His latest excavation—made possible by the pack-rat habits of a deceased scientist, the help of the scientist’s sons, and computer technicians who turned punch cards and magnetic tape into formats readable by today’s computers—undercuts a pillar of nutrition science.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/records-found-in-dusty-basement-undermine-decades-of-dietary-advice/

Title: Re: Records Found in Dusty Basement Undermine Decades of Dietary Advice
Post by: Sanguine on April 25, 2017, 02:02:27 pm

Fascinating:

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For their new paper, Ramsden’s team also reviewed and analyzed all randomized controlled trials of substituting polyunsaturated fats for saturated fats. There have been only five. Bottom line: they reduce cholesterol, but not deaths from coronary heart disease or other causes.

Title: Re: Records Found in Dusty Basement Undermine Decades of Dietary Advice
Post by: Joe Wooten on April 25, 2017, 03:10:57 pm

Ancel Keyes is the Mike Mann of dietary science. He cherry picks and tortures the data to "prove" his preconceived answers.