On Wed, 26 Jul 2000 11:56:18 -0400, A Gryphon <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> Thus, the
>>official government policy on diet and heart disease, ie that "eating fat
>>contributed to heart disease" was due to political compromise and influence by
>>the vegetable oil and meat industries, NOT by medical information !
>>
>
>Ken, if you have a reference handy for these statements, I would be one very
>happy woman.
cf the book "Low Fat Lies, ...." (I'll get the title/author when Amazon comes
back up) where this is discussed for several pages, and several substantiating
references to/quotes from other books can be found in "Nourishing Traditions" by
Fallon/Enig (check the index for McGovern).
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Cheers,
Ken
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