Friday, February 24, 2006

Lasagna with Wisconsin Cheese


Lola has invited 30 people for Lasagna lunch tomorrow. In light of this fact, it seems like a great time to point out the conventional wisdom about healthy low fat diets is crumbling in the face of the facts. Millions of dollars worth of purchased research data simply do not support the "eat right for health" message of the public health community. Tech Central Daily has the roundup of what massive amounts of actual data really demonstrate.
Eating Some Crow on Fat: After all, these studies found that significant increases in fruit, vegetables and grains, along with reductions in fat, did not change CVD and cancer outcomes. Eating a diet consistent with national guidelines is eating a low-fat diet -- the same diet that eight years of study and almost half a billion bucks found did not work.
Somehow humans survived and multiplied before government bureaucrats and grant funded academics became convinced they were wiser than the general population about what to eat. Lasagna with lots of Wisconsin cheese and sausage is simply not a health problem.