On Tue, 17 Jun 2014 19:15:06 -0400, Travis McGee >
wrote:

>On 6/17/2014 7:03 PM, Jeßus wrote:
>> On Tue, 17 Jun 2014 15:40:40 -0700 (PDT), Nellie
>> > wrote:
>>> On Tuesday, June 17, 2014 2:52:54 PM UTC-7, Mark Thorson wrote:
>>>> Travis McGee wrote:
>>>> Baloney. The link between saturated fat intake
>>>> and cardiovascular disease was established by
>>>> studies in humans. Nothing has "reversed" the
>>>> data from those studies.
>>>>
>>>> This article is poorly researched and written.
>>>
>>> http://img.timeinc.net/time/pr/magcovers/62314.jpg
>>> This is just the first article I could find, there are many that may be even more conclusive.
>>> It is pretty much established now that there is no correlation.
>
>> It's amazing how much resistance there are to the facts. Even in this
>> day and age.
>>
>
>That reminds me of one of the first reports in the popular press about
>how fats may not be the enemy. It was written by a guy named Gary
>Taubes, for the NYT Sunday magazine. The cover image was of a large
>t-bone steak, with a pat of butter melting on top. This was about a
>dozen years ago.
>
>It caused a huge outcry, not the least from one of the NYT food editors,
>who blasted the article and the author as being completely
>irresponsible, and perhaps even criminal, for even suggesting that fat
>might not be a problem. My, how times have changed.

Times have changed, albeit painfully slowly. I've been in the
saturated fats are good camp since circa 2002 and it's gradually
getting easier to be able to at least discuss the subject now.