Free The Animal

I’m going to address a couple of potential questions or objections right off the bat, hopefully avoiding taking up time & space in comments.
1) Seeing as I was taken to task by a couple of people for my “disrespectful” words toward Dr. Campbell here, is this going to be more of the same?
Answer: It’ll [...]

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[Just a quick off-topic aside. Darya Pino at Summer Tomato did a mildly critical but fair & balanced post on paleo dieting. Go take a look and drop a comment about your own experience if it suits you. From my perspective, we out to be able to take fair criticism to refine & strengthen our [...]

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One could make a full-time job of pointing out such scientific illiteracy.

"What we know from science, not just cavemen, is that a diet full of fruits, vegetables, fruits and plenty of whole grains, lean protein and healthy fats – that’s what leads to longevity," said Keri Gans, spokeswoman for the American Dietetic Association.
"Let’s think about how [...]

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This is a pain to have to do this but I feel a bit of an obligation. Back in April ‘09, nearly a year ago, some guy popped up in comments at Peter’s Hyperlipid blog promoting something he and [redacted] of [link deleted] were calling a "High Everything Diet." Basically, the idea is to jump start [...]

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Before I begin, I’ll simply point you to part one of the series and you’ll find the links to all the other parts there.
So it’s time to discuss the "science" behind the idea that saturated fat intake leads to heart disease. Let’s begin with pure observational epidemiology and then move on to the more solid [...]

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