A group of experts who set dietary rules in 2020 ignored over 20 scientific studies saying saturated fat doesn’t hurt your heart, because government rules told them they couldn’t look at outside research.

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A short history of saturated fat: the making and unmaking of a scientific consensus

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2023 Feb 1

The study shows that the group making dietary rules in 2020 ignored many scientific reviews saying saturated fat doesn’t cause heart disease, likely because they had biases or were influenced by other interests, which matches the claim exactly.

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A short history of saturated fat: the making and unmaking of a scientific consensus

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DOI: 10.1097/med.0000000000000791

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