FOR FAT’ S SAKE! WHY FAT IS NOT THE ENEMY

HISTORICALLY,‘ FAT’ HAS ALWAYS BEEN A CONTENTIOUS TOPIC. FIRST, THE ATKINS DIET, A LOW- CARBOHYDRATE EATING PLAN WHICH BURST ONTO THE SCENE IN THE 60S( REMAINING POPULAR FOR DECADES) SUGGESTED WE SMOTHER OUR FOOD *(* READ: PROTEIN) IN MAYONNAISE WITH WILD ABANDON. THEN, AT THE TURN OF THE MILLENNIUM, WE WERE ALL SUBMITTED TO A BARRAGE OF‘ ADVICE’ PLACING SATURATED FAT FIRMLY AS THE ENEMY OF ALL WAISTLINES IN A FLURRY OF CALLS TO BAN BUTTER FROM OUR PLATES. TO BE FAIR, LITTLE HAS CHANGED, NOT LEAST IN PART TO SOCIAL MEDIA’ S RAMPANT RISE AND A SUBSEQUENT ARMY OF‘ EXPERTS’ THAT HAVE RISEN THROUGH ITS RANKS TO BECOME MAJOR GENERALS IN ALL THINGS DIET AND HEALTH. IT’ S TOUGH OUT THERE ON THE FRONT LINE, SO LET’ S SORT OUT OUR SATURATED FROM OUR TRANS-FATTY ACIDS, BUSTING SOME

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