Books and papers by Barry A Groves exposing dietary and medical misinformation

Books and papers by Barry A Groves exposing dietary and medical misinformation: "The Soft Science of Dietary Fat
Gary Taubes


When the U.S. Surgeon General's Office set off in 1988 to write the definitive report on the dangers of dietary fat, the scientific task appeared straightforward. Four years earlier, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) had begun advising every American old enough to walk to restrict fat intake, and the president of the American Heart Association (AHA) had told Time magazine that if everyone went along, 'we will have [atherosclerosis] conquered' by the year 2000. The Surgeon General's Office itself had just published its 700-page landmark 'Report on Nutrition and Health,' declaring fat the single most unwholesome component of the American diet."