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I just finished Gary Taubes' book and all I can say is WOW!!
The mainstream nutritionist and dietician experts of today remind me of the experts in the Middle Ages who declared the sun revolves around the earth which is flat. The parallels are striking.
- MA experts: It's obvious. Just look around you.
Today's experts: It's obvious. One of the consequences of heart disease is arterial plaque which is composed of fat. Therefore fat in the diet causes heart disease.
- MA experts: Ignore those who disagree with you, or if they are too persistent, accuse them of heresy.
Today's experts: Ignore those who disagree with you (such as clinicians actually treating patients), or if they are too persistent, accuse them of medical malpractice (as they did Dr. A in the '70s).
- MA experts: The issue is settled and nothing more need be said about it.
Today's experts: The issue of what constitutes a healthy diet is settled and no studies testing alternatives need be done.
If it weren't for Dr. Atkins' solid documentation of the research combined with a flamboyant and sometimes obnoxious personality, I believe the notion of a low carb diet as a prescription for many if not most "diseases of civilization" would still be rattling around under the radar gathering dust in the professional journals. And we owe Taubes a tremendous debt of gratitude for so forcefully bringing the issue to the forefront again.
The mainstream nutritionist and dietician experts of today remind me of the experts in the Middle Ages who declared the sun revolves around the earth which is flat. The parallels are striking.
- MA experts: It's obvious. Just look around you.
Today's experts: It's obvious. One of the consequences of heart disease is arterial plaque which is composed of fat. Therefore fat in the diet causes heart disease.
- MA experts: Ignore those who disagree with you, or if they are too persistent, accuse them of heresy.
Today's experts: Ignore those who disagree with you (such as clinicians actually treating patients), or if they are too persistent, accuse them of medical malpractice (as they did Dr. A in the '70s).
- MA experts: The issue is settled and nothing more need be said about it.
Today's experts: The issue of what constitutes a healthy diet is settled and no studies testing alternatives need be done.
If it weren't for Dr. Atkins' solid documentation of the research combined with a flamboyant and sometimes obnoxious personality, I believe the notion of a low carb diet as a prescription for many if not most "diseases of civilization" would still be rattling around under the radar gathering dust in the professional journals. And we owe Taubes a tremendous debt of gratitude for so forcefully bringing the issue to the forefront again.
