On Sun, 10 Nov 2013 18:07:27 -0800, "W" >
wrote:

>"Mark Thorson" > wrote in message
...
>> W wrote:
>> >
>> > The latest and best science is now suggesting that it is sugar - and
>high
>> > insulin triggered by sugar - that is responsible for weight gain and a
>whole
>> > host of metabolic diseases such as type 2 diabetes, heart disease,
>premature
>> > aging, etc. See the 60 minutes special this year on Sugar, in which
>some
>> > of those studies are highlighted.
>>
>> I get my science from real scientific journals,
>> not 60 Minutes. There are few dietary causes of
>> disease that are as well-established as the link
>> between saturated fat intake and cardiovascular
>> disease. You have been hoodwinked by nutritional
>> charlatans.
>
>If you had bothered to listen to the 60 minutes interview instead of making
>up facts without reviewing the evidence, you would have seen that the study
>I am referring to is by a clinical researcher at a major university
>hospital. Her name and hospital are given in the interviews with her, and
>you could use that to access information about the actual research online.
>
>
>> Monounsaturated fats are the least harmful fats,
>> and saturated fats are the worst. Among saturated
>> fats, coconut oil is the worst -- even worse than
>> beef fat and lard.
>
>That's not the current thinking in the best, recent nutritional research I
>have seen. The incorrect conclusion that saturated fats are evil is drawn
>from 50 years of defective scientific research that measured effects of
>increasing saturated fat without controlling for sugar intake.
>
>In any case, this is a cooking forum and not a nutrition forum. Let's agree
>to disagree and move on.

I wouldn't bother wasting your time. When it finally becomes accepted
by so-called mainstream authorities such as the FDA, these people will
be... absolutely silent on the subject. You can count on that.