The queen of fats

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1. fasteoSep 2015
   I cannot but recommend the book "The queen of fats" for a fascinating history of the Omega-3 fats recommendations.

   [1] http://www.amazon.com/The-Queen-Fats-Omega-3s-California/dp/...

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2. DojiNov 2017
   > Food companies such as Procter and Gamble, Kraft, and Campbell Soup were also curious about Lands’s work and invited him to give presentations. “But they didn’t want to touch the idea that they might be selling foods that were harmful to people with a ten-foot pole,” says Lands. “Bill, we sell foods that people ask for,” Lands recalls one executive explaining. “We don’t tell the people what to eat. If you convince the public that our food should have a different balance, we’ll change it.”

   - The Queen of Fats by Susan Allport

   Corporations are not guilt free in this mess, but they are not the root of the problem. The high carb, high omega 6 guidelines that have caused our health crisis were instituted in haste and ignorance by the government. The government corn subsidies have distorted the market and make junk processed corn products cheaper than healthy food. Guidelines to reduce saturated fat and cholesterol have caused people to move to industrial seed oils, causing a overconsumption of omega6 fatty acids and consequential inflammatory disease. Corporations have simply provided what we have asked for. The author of this argument is ignorant of the real causes of disease and chooses to blame cheese and salt for our problems. I'm much happier with corporations and the ability to make my own, well informed health choices than government interference.

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