Guest guest Posted February 25, 2006 Report Share Posted February 25, 2006 This article reviews recent findings calling into question most of the dietary advice offered to us in the past 40 years. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,184409,00.html Web/Online Coordinator Adult Degree and Graduate Programs Prescott College http://www.prescott.edu (928) 350-3213 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 25, 2006 Report Share Posted February 25, 2006 Its worth keeping in mind though that the researchers themselves have admited that the study design was somewhat flawed in retrospect as at the time they did not differentiate between types of fat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 25, 2006 Report Share Posted February 25, 2006 I would suggest reading the actual studies or perhaps at least knowing the bias of the individual reporting on them. One of the details I pick up from the studies is that a low-fat diet was never really acheived. --- " Study participants filled out food questionnaires but might not have reduced the right kinds of fat, said Dr. Robert Eckel, president of the American Heart Association. " It would be easy to misinterpret the results of this study, " he said. ....Both groups started out with about 37 percent of daily calories from fat. The goal was to cut that to 20 percent for the low-fat group; the women managed about 24 percent on average in the first year, but it climbed to about 29 percent later on, said Dr. Jacques Rossouw, WHI project officer at the National Institutes of Health. " http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11221022/page/2/ ---The author of the Fox News article, Steven Milloy, seems to have an ax to grind: " Correcting myths from Steven Milloy ...If you look at what he " debunks " you will find that the real criterion for deciding what is " junk science " is not the quality of the work, but the political agenda that it might support. Studies that support a right-wing agenda are endorsed, while studies that don't are harshly criticized. " http://info-pollution.com/milloy.htm I recommend reading " The China Study " by T. Colin Campbell. Draw your own conclusions from this vast undertaking. http://www.mcspotlight.org/media/reports/campbell_china1.html Be well...mm , < wrote: > > This article reviews recent findings calling into question most of > the dietary advice offered to us in the past 40 years. > > http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,184409,00.html > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 25, 2006 Report Share Posted February 25, 2006 I agree on all counts. The bias in studies such as these is a great disservice to the general public. It is too bad that the China study got such poor media coverage, it was superior in every detail. On Feb 25, 2006, at 5:28 PM, Mark Melchiorre wrote: > I would suggest reading the actual studies or perhaps at least knowing > the bias of the individual reporting on them. > > One of the details I pick up from the studies is that a low-fat diet > was never really acheived. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 25, 2006 Report Share Posted February 25, 2006 Nonetheless, it was in big black bold headlines on the front pages in all the newspapers. The public, which trusts these biased studies, largely will conclude that diet is not a contributing factor to health. On Feb 25, 2006, at 3:27 PM, leabun1 wrote: > Its worth keeping in mind though that the researchers themselves have > admited that the study design was somewhat flawed in retrospect as at > the time they did not differentiate between types of fat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 25, 2006 Report Share Posted February 25, 2006 Zev, China studies have been the basis for the low fat ideas. Oakland, CA 94609 - Saturday, February 25, 2006 6:46 PM Re: Re: Low-Fat Diet Myth Busted I agree on all counts. The bias in studies such as these is a great disservice to the general public. It is too bad that the China study got such poor media coverage, it was superior in every detail. On Feb 25, 2006, at 5:28 PM, Mark Melchiorre wrote: > I would suggest reading the actual studies or perhaps at least knowing > the bias of the individual reporting on them. > > One of the details I pick up from the studies is that a low-fat diet > was never really acheived. Chinese Herbal Medicine offers various professional services, including board approved continuing education classes, an annual conference and a free discussion forum in Chinese Herbal Medicine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 26, 2006 Report Share Posted February 26, 2006 We also need to take into consideration that since this whole low fat thing started, the dairy and meat industry have lost thousands if not millions of dollars, so I will not be surprise if this study was somehow finance by any of those to industries. Also, in general, the pharmaceutical industry is not interested in seeing that people are making an effort to eat healthier foods. Healthier people = less business. I think it was a political campaign. Ricardo Dacosta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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