I Fooled Millions Into Thinking Chocolate Helps Weight Loss. Here's How.

io9.com ^ | 5/27/15 | John Bohannon

[9YearLurker]

What is it with your nonsense?

It is below zero in NYC all the time. The low was freezing or below for April 5, 6, 7, and 8, 2002: http://www.almanac.com/weather/history/NY/New%20York/2002-04-04

And extreme water weight gain in such situations is common:
http://ask.metafilter.com/52458/Drugs-cause-45pound-weight-gain-in-5-days

You’re the one who started with posting that those who recognize that simple carbs, rather than animal fats, are problematic for health and a healthy weight.

The Framingham heart study, which was used to build a lot of the disinformation of the 20th century actually showed those who ate the most meat lived the longest. Ancel Keys selectively cherry picked only the not-great data that correlated animal fat and heart disease, but the full data shows an inverse relationship between animal fat consumption and mortality.

Here’s a WSJ treatment on the bogus data: http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702303678404579533760760481486

And here’s a report on how important Keys was to the animal fat/cholesterol misinformation: http://www.perfecthealthinstitute.com/aANCELKEYS.html

I don’t know why you’re gripping bad data in your jaws like a dog bone, but you’re way off track.

[PA Engineer]

Thanks for the links. You might find this interesting:

The Great Starvation Experiment, 1944-1945

[9YearLurker]

Thanks, I’d seen another site on that—pretty gross and amazing.

[9YearLurker]

Here’s another great link on Ancel Keys—who of course started the animal fat nonsense:

http://www.perfecthealthinstitute.com/aANCELKEYS.html

[fireman15]

Are you a member of PETA?

No, I grew up riding horses and helping raise our family's beef cattle, hogs, goats, and chickens. We ate them all and still do.

My only agenda is trying to keep people from following horrific nutritional advice from a dead crackpot. I helped perform CPR on so many fat out of shape men during my 25 year career that the thought of my friends ending up the same way really bothers me. These were mostly needless preventable deaths.

You are free to believe whatever you want. I only want to remind you that 1 out of 4 men in this country die from heart disease. Heart disease is the leading cause of death for men in this country. It is not the wisest course of action to play these kinds of games with the health of your heart. I know this from bitter experience.

[fireman15]

And extreme water weight gain in such situations is common:

Gaining 68 pounds in 9 days while in a coma is basically unheard of. The fact that you are capable of believing such nonsense explains a great deal about how it is possible for you to believe in other nonsense.