Jeßus wrote:
>
> If you follow the basic principles at http://www.westonaprice.org you
> won't go too far wrong.
>
> The question is: if so many traditional diets are high in saturated fats
> - why did they not suffer from diabetes, obesity, 'cholesterol', etc?

Until a century ago refined grains were rare. Flour got ground and
baked into bread and eaten all within a few days and whole grain was the
only kind there was.

Until a century ago sugar was rare in most of the world. It would be in
fruit during a brief season and only available from honey the rest of
the year.

Starting much more recently than that unlimited quantities of food have
been available in some parts of the world.

> The so-called authorities have had is so very wrong for so very long...

Blaming fat was obvious, but obvious does not equal true. Since the
start of the focus on low fat obesity has gone from a level that might
have been stable for centuries to an epidemic. Maybe the focus on low
fat was one of the causes and maybe it was not, but it absolutely did
not contribute to a solution.

> sadly, the way most food is produced these days complicates matters further.

Two centuries ago pickles, cheese and salami were the processed foods.
That's quite a difference from what it means now.