We avoid fat because we don’t want to be fat. Yet, top scientists are quietly backing away from a quarter-century of national nutritional beliefs. Could seemingly innocuous grains and other vegetable oils be driving our obesity and other health epidemics? Recent studies suggest it’s time to stop fearing the fat.
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