20th October 2008
Low Fat Diet and Sunscreen: a Recipe for Disaster
“Just about everyone in America is convinced of two well-established tenets for how to live a long and healthy life:
- Eat a low-fat diet,
- Avoid the damaging rays of the sun
My goal in this essay is to convince you that these two tenets are the worst medical advice you are ever going to hear, and that the consequences of our government’s success in selling this well-intended but misguided recommendation to the American public are devastating and long-lasting.
