How on Earth were low fat diets ‘forced’ onto the world in the 1970’s and 80’s?

There was just no proof. That was just one big wrong decision!

“Dietary recommendations were introduced in the US (1977) and in the UK (1983) to (1) reduce overall fat consumption to 30% of total energy intake and (2) reduce saturated fat consumption to 10% of total energy intake.

No randomised controlled trial (RCT) had tested government dietary fat recommendations before their introduction. Recommendations were made for 276 million people following secondary studies of 2467 males, which reported identical all-cause mortality. RCT evidence did not support the introduction of dietary fat guidelines.”

The world just got it wrong 🙁

The full article at http://openheart.bmj.com/content/2/1/e000196.full