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Here’s How The (ahem) ‘Plant-Based Diet’ Improves Health
A reader thought I might get a kick out of this photo: Fake tuna fish. Boy, that sounds awesome … especially if you look up the ingredients: Pea protein, pea starch, water, olive oil, potato starch,...
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The American Heart Association Bravely Admits They’ve Been Right All Along …...
I’ve been predicting for years that the instigators of arterycloggingsaturatedfat! hysteria would back away from their lousy advice one baby step at a time. That seems to be true of the USDA. In...
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The American Heart Association Bravely Admits They’ve Been Right All Along …...
The American Heart Association made a big splash recently by declaring that, by gosh, they’ve been right all along: saturated fats DO cause heart disease, so consuming coconut oil and other sources of...
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One More Swipe At The American Heart Association …
I hadn’t planned to write another post about the American Heart Association’s “presidential advisory” report, but I came across a couple of items that speak volumes about why the report is nonsense....
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Eat Grains Or Die: Advice From The Save The Grains Campaign
During the time I was going a little batty trying to finish a version of the Fat Head Kids film, what I refer to as the Save The Grains Campaign was in full swing. I didn’t respond to any of the...
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Eat Grains Or Die: The (ahem) ‘Evidence’ From The Save The Grains Campaign
In last week’s post, we saw how media shills for the Save The Grains Campaign have been warning us that if we ditch the grains, we’ll develop diabetes, fill up with mercury, then get sick and die. And...
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I Admit It: I’m A Member Of The Cult
Boy, I was really hoping we wouldn’t be found out. But now that it’s out in the open, I guess it’s time to admit it: I’m a member of a cult. Dr. Steve Nissen, the nation’s statinator-in-chief, exposed...
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Statins For Everyone! (again)
I’ll turn 59 in November. That means in just 15 months, I should start taking a statin. That’s the conclusion of a new study reported in the U.K. Independent online: Almost every older person should be...
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The (lack of) Evidence That Meat Causes Cancer
Several people have emailed to ask if I’m going to watch and critique What The Health, the latest vegan-propaganda movie. Uh … no. I see no reason to torture myself. I’m pretty sure I can guess what...
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The Guy From CSPI And The Guy from AHA Bravely Agree They’ve Been Right All...
Back in June, the American Heart Association released a Presidential Advisory Report that I covered in posts titled The American Heart Association Bravely Admits They’ve Been Right All Along, part one...
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Jane Brody And The American Heart Association Bravely Admit They’ve Been...
The strategy is clear now. The American Heart Association, terrified that the Wisdom of Crowds effect is causing more and more people to reject their arterycloggingsaturatedfat! nonsense, has decided...
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Dietitians Want Their Bad Advice To Be The Only Advice: A Tale of Three Twitties
Actually, this post is about three tweets, but A Tale of Three Twitties is catchier. I came across the three tweets on the same day, and together they tell the story of what’s wrong with the current...
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Post-Feminist Vegans Are Doing The Right Thing For The Wrong Reasons
Boy … uh, I mean Non-Gender-Specific Person, it must be tough being a committed vegan these days. There you are, convinced you’re doing The Right Thing, only to discover that you’re doing The Right...
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Dr. Willett Has Convinced Me To Become A Gorilla
Dr. Walter Willett, whom the Boston Globe once described as the world’s most influential nutritionist, has finally convinced me to adopt the diet of a gorilla. Yes, it’s a big mental shift, but the...
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Lies Lying Liars Tell
Last week, I explained why lying liars lie: they believe it’s okay to abuse the truth if what they consider a Big Truth is advanced in the process. Morgan Spurlock was, by his own admission, an...
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Eat Your Grains And Obey Your Rulers
I’m sure you’ve seen the headlines. Here’s just one example: Low-carb diets could shorten life, study suggests. And here’s a quote from the article: Low-carb diets, such as Atkins, have become...
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Eat Me, Lancet … These People Are A Perfect Example Of The Anointed
Actually, I know the EAT-Lancet people won’t eat me because I’m made of meat. To stay within the range of what they consider healthy (and sustainable!) meat consumption, they’d have to divide me into...
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Pushups And Heart Attacks: The Usual Harvard Nonsense
I recently came across yet another example of why observational studies tend to suck. You’ve probably seen the headlines, like this one from USA today: Men Who Can Do More Than 40 Push-Ups Far Less...
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My Heart’s All A-Flutter! The Anointed, The Wisdom Of Crowds, And Another...
Years ago, I read an interview with a researcher who said something like, “If you want to study the migratory patterns of squirrels and you name your proposed study The migratory patterns of squirrels,...
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The Fat Head Report: The Latest “Meat Causes Colorectal Cancer!” Study Is...
The latest Fat Head Report video is about yet another “meat causes colorectal cancer!” study a reporter for the Telegraph described as “frankly terrifying.” It’s such weak observational nonsense,...
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