This lady is just amazing. She is the BEST deconstructor of flimsy research that we get fed in major media. And she’s funny!
I loved it because I understand that there is a real ‘divide’ between people who want to understand more and those who want to defend the set of beliefs that suit them. Saturated fats are a point in question. There are those who want to understand the truth about saturated fats, and those who just can’t seem to get beyond the dominant paradigm of anti-saturated fats. (From someone taking 6+ tablespoons of coco oil daily)
The big takeaway for me was that we shouldn’t accept any argument without investigating. And the ethical overlay of the ‘angry vegetarians’ makes it hard to remain level headed, which is the problem, because we tend to agree to keep the peace.
A couple of years ago I wrote passionate emails about an extraordinary book by T. Colin Campbell, called The China Study. It was all about a huge study carried out in China that ‘proved’ that protein caused cancer and that a vegetarian-based diet was far better.