Even though the experts who advised the government in 2015 admitted they didn’t have solid science to back limiting saturated fat to 10%, they still told people to stick to that limit anyway.

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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 found that the scientists who made the 2015 dietary rules knew there wasn’t good proof that eating less saturated fat was needed, but they still told people to limit it anyway—exactly what the claim says.

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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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