> wrote in message
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> Check out the other thread today called "Low Fat Diet Debunked."
>
> It lists various reasons why the study (not nec.the interview with some
> overwieght people) has serious flaws... beginning with the variables
> they used because the study was stared 8 years ago when our
> understandings of certain things were different from what they are now,
> and therefore may not show what they were attempting to find out.
>

Every study has flaws but that does not mean the findings are invalid. It's
teelling how so many people immediately rushed to criticise the study rather
than actually reading it and trying to understand what it does and does not
tell us. A lot of people have a major psychological investment in the
"dietary fat is bad" mantra and presenting any factual information to the
contrary is akin to showing insulting cartoons of the Prophet to Muslims.
The exact same thing happened when the Atkins diet became popular. The very
idea that you might be able to lose weight and improve your health on this
diet was blasphemy to these people. They are like the religious fundies in
this way - they know what's true and damned if any facts will sway them.


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Peter Aitken