Well, first of all, it is not a real controversy. It is simply yet another area where the science is not yet conclusive and more research is needed and indeed, ongoing. As new evidence emerges, the consensus will simply move with the validated evidence. That is how science fundamentally works.
That said, there are three groups of fats. Trans, saturated and unsaturated.
Trans fats are universally found to be bad news in pretty much every study. Eat a lot of trans fats and have a free heart attack/stroke/whatever.
Unsaturated fats are almost universally found to be beneficial. We need them to survive.
Saturated fats sit ambiguously in the middle. Are they good? Are they bad? The scientific jury is out on that score.
Is that a "controversy"? Well, no, not really. The scientific method includes "I don't know" as a valid answer. For some unidentified reason, that answer scares some people. Last I looked, research suggests that while saturated fats do not particularly increase health risks, switching to unsaturated fats does reduce health risks.
Those are not the same things.
And so to your Michael Greger. Frankly, the last place I will seek dietary advice is from a vegan with an agenda. This is a man who has claimed that death is a foodborne illness. That is a stupid claim. Single issue cranks are never a good source of data. He claims that humans are vegan by nature, a claim destroyed by the entire field of evolutionary biology. Or fucking medicine.
Maybe it is just me, but any diet that requires it's adherents to take artificially created supplements can hardly be termed "natural", can it?
You might as well be promoting that infamous fail of a product known as "Huel". Because that is where you are going with the Vegan religion.
And make no mistake. Veganism is a religion espoused with the very same glassy eyed fervour of religious nuts who fly planes into buildings for their chosen religious nuttery. Much like PETA, who make a big deal about their care for animal welfare while euthanising the animals they "rescue". Were I a cat or dog astray, I would run for cover when PETA showed up. That is an animal death sentence. As is veganism. One cannot simply release all of the cows, chickens, sheep, pigs, etc into the wild. They are domesticated. Left to the wild, they will simply die horrible protracted deaths watched by the uncaring gaze of the vegans. And they want that. They really do.
So what is their actual motive? Holier than thou ego preening and nothing more. They don't seek solutions. They seek an astonishing animal apocalypse. Sure, they try to sugar coat it. "Wont somebody think of the animal welfare?" they decry. "Let's leave them to die horribly" they conclude.
That said, there are three groups of fats. Trans, saturated and unsaturated.
Trans fats are universally found to be bad news in pretty much every study. Eat a lot of trans fats and have a free heart attack/stroke/whatever.
Unsaturated fats are almost universally found to be beneficial. We need them to survive.
Saturated fats sit ambiguously in the middle. Are they good? Are they bad? The scientific jury is out on that score.
Is that a "controversy"? Well, no, not really. The scientific method includes "I don't know" as a valid answer. For some unidentified reason, that answer scares some people. Last I looked, research suggests that while saturated fats do not particularly increase health risks, switching to unsaturated fats does reduce health risks.
Those are not the same things.
And so to your Michael Greger. Frankly, the last place I will seek dietary advice is from a vegan with an agenda. This is a man who has claimed that death is a foodborne illness. That is a stupid claim. Single issue cranks are never a good source of data. He claims that humans are vegan by nature, a claim destroyed by the entire field of evolutionary biology. Or fucking medicine.
Maybe it is just me, but any diet that requires it's adherents to take artificially created supplements can hardly be termed "natural", can it?
You might as well be promoting that infamous fail of a product known as "Huel". Because that is where you are going with the Vegan religion.
And make no mistake. Veganism is a religion espoused with the very same glassy eyed fervour of religious nuts who fly planes into buildings for their chosen religious nuttery. Much like PETA, who make a big deal about their care for animal welfare while euthanising the animals they "rescue". Were I a cat or dog astray, I would run for cover when PETA showed up. That is an animal death sentence. As is veganism. One cannot simply release all of the cows, chickens, sheep, pigs, etc into the wild. They are domesticated. Left to the wild, they will simply die horrible protracted deaths watched by the uncaring gaze of the vegans. And they want that. They really do.
So what is their actual motive? Holier than thou ego preening and nothing more. They don't seek solutions. They seek an astonishing animal apocalypse. Sure, they try to sugar coat it. "Wont somebody think of the animal welfare?" they decry. "Let's leave them to die horribly" they conclude.
