“My favorite meal was always a hamburger with lots of ketchup, cut in half; or a big plate of spaghetti with meat sauce at Mike’s Pizza”
Sounds like he had no shortage of carbohydrates with his fat. And put that together with the now-discredited idea that fat is bad for people...then yes, I can see him getting it wrong.
I did so love the noodles, bread and desserts of every kind but I like living without heart palpitations, high blood pressure and atherosclerosis more. BTW - I was not overweight when I had those problems. (5'7", 130lbs)
Yep.