A sad trend

As a society we are getting fatter and sicker. Last year the CDC reported that incidence of diabetes has nearly doubled.This number is considered an under estimate since 1/3 of diabetics are not even aware that they have the disease. Obesity is acutely on the rise especially in children. Yet the US government is still sticking to their outdated food pyramid whith grains being the primary energy source.

Our false ideas about the role that carbohydrates and fats play in our diet and "the calories in calories out" approach to weight loss have served to to fatten us and sicken us to epidemic proportions. Thes ideas are so engrained in our beliefs that evidence to the contrary is quickly dismissed or overlooked.

Similarly, in our not so distant past everyone believed the world was flat or that the earth was at the center of the universe. When new ideas came forth they were dismissed as ridiculous and as heresy.

Fat does not makeus fat, in fact carbohydrates do.

This was published in 1958 by Dr. Mackarness.

read on:

http://www.ourcivilisation.com/fat/chap1.htm

I highly suggest reading the remainder of the site as well. Although dairy was considered OK at the time this was a huge step inthe right direction. Seems like Dr. Atkins did listen.