Low-Fat Debunked, Scientists Back Low-Vitamin Diet

Scrappleface ^ | 2006-02-08 | Scott Ott

[Tarkin]

(2006-02-08) — In the wake of a $415 million study of 49,000 women showing that a low-fat diet will not prevent, or even reduce the risk, of heart disease and cancer, nutrition experts today said they now believe that the pathway to health is found in eating foods low in vitamins and high in monosodium glutamate (MSG).

(...) “Science works by first making definitive recommendations, and then doing several years of research to discover if we were right,” said an unnamed NIH spokesman. “During the research phase, our job is to vigorously promote our assumptions until the facts disprove them.”

(...) “We feel even stronger about the Paramus Beach Diet than we did about the health effects of reducing dietary fat,” he said. “Americans should trust us, because our faith in our assumptions is rock solid.”

[calex59]

And "scrappleface" is something like Shakespeare or Dostoevsky which we must have heard about without comments? I've not heard of it and unlikely will after this post.

Scrappleface is a website that makes fun of just about everything, in this case a scientific report that was released yesterday saying that low fat diets do not work for women. You may certainly make comments but the article was not serious, although scrappleface is famous for writing articles that certainly appear that way at first read, just enough truth to make them seem like the real thing.

I thought everyone knew about scrappleface, apparently not.

[TopQuark]

Many thanks for your prelies. I have indeed not heard of this source before, and this post is the first one for me.

[HEY4QDEMS]

I'm generally practicing two different diets at any givin time as one diet doesn't provide me with enough food. ;^)

[LexBaird]

Many thanks for your prelies.

Prelies: Another word for a Politcian clearing his throat. ;^)

[TopQuark]

I have no idea how that word got in: I meant to say "your replies." Thank you.

[bigdcaldavis]

The human body depends on the following :

1. Vitamins and minerals for proper bodily functions

2. Fiber for a healthy GI tract (especially the colon...I have heard that the "mucoidal plaque" that the colon cleanse marketers are hyping is actually nothing but gelatinated psyllium, as most of those colon cleanse products have psyllium as a key ingredient)

3. Water

4. Protein for the muscles

The low-carb diets may help people lose weight, but I have observed numerous flaws in these diets :

1. The diets are usually high in fats, especially triglycerides.

2. Fresh fruits are considered a no-no in the diet. Any diet which does not allow you to eat vitamin-rich and mineral-rich foods such as fruits is a diet to stay away from. Sure you could take a vitamin supplement and a fiber supplement, but that is just lazy.