It seems like the official low-fat dietary guidelines have been wrong about pretty much everything? So why do we keep trusting government agencies - ferociously lobbied by the food industry - to tell us what to eat?
IF YOU'VE TRIED to watch what you eat over the past few decades - and who hasn't? - chances are you've come to loathe the federal government, at least when it comes to food advice. The New Yorker recently ran a satirical piece on this topic that was headlined, "Scientists Decide Thing Previously Thought Healthy, Then Unhealthy, Before Healthy Again, Does, in Fact, Cause Cancer," which is exactly - yeah.
At least it's worth having a laugh about it:
Philadephia Magazine: How the USDA Screwed Up the American Diet - and Deprived Me of So Much Delicious ButterDo you want to eat more butter? Try this:
