Free The Animal

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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For what reason I don’t know, but this January 2009 editorial by William Faloon of the Life Extension Foundation is making the rounds. Perhaps it just came available on the web.
It’s a good read, particularly in light of the billions and trillions of dollars the thieves & thugs in DC are about to flush down [...]

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In this Part IV of the series (Part I; Part II; Part III), I have decided to do go about this in a different way than I’d indicated before. I covered the Paleo Principle in Part II, but more in terms of our having evolved to eat meat and not with a lot of specifics [...]

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In Part I of this series I introduced you to Professor Rod Jackson, who has quite a strong view of the dangers of saturated fat from animal sources in the human diet. This series of posts is intended to examine his claims and, yes, ultimately call them into serious question if not discredit.
In this installment [...]

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This is a continuation of two previous posts on saturated fat epidemiology and looking at the government data in different ways. For the background, see the previous posts:

Saturated Fat Intake vs. Heart Disease & Stroke
Drilling Down: Saturated Fat Epidemiology

As you’ll discover, the impetus behind the second post [...]

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