“Why Mainstream Researchers Think the U.S. Dietary Guidelines Lack Scientific Rigor”

Are the US dietary guidelines – like the advice to avoid saturated fat – based on solid evidence? No, not at all, according to a new review in Circulation by Dr. Dariush Mozaffarian, the dean of the nutrition school at Tufts University. It was funded by the National Institutes of Health.

• The Washington Post: Why Mainstream Researchers Think the U.S. Dietary Guidelines Lack Scientific Rigor
• Circulation: Dietary and Policy Priorities for Cardiovascular Disease, Diabetes, and Obesity

This can be seen as vindication for the author Nina Teicholz, who recently suffered a storm of criticism from no less than 180 dinosaurs. All for standing up and saying essentially the same thing in The British Medical Journal: The Emperor is naked. The advice to avoid saturated fat is outdated and lacks scientific support.

Mainstream researchers think Dietary Guidelines lack scientific rigor https://t.co/U6mrKjmw3k Same as I said in BMJ: https://t.co/S6BT0sFC9Y

— Nina Teicholz (@bigfatsurprise) January 13, 2016