Some Nutritionists Say Guidelines On Saturated Fat May Be Driving Obesity Rates.

yesterday, “a group of prominent nutritionists and scientists” were set to meet “before drafting a report to the departments of Health and Human Services and Agriculture that will help the agencies set the influential template that tells Americans how to eat,” the so-called Dietary Guidelines which “will state that Americans should limit consumption of saturated fat in order to lower cholesterol and prevent heart disease.” Now, however, some nutritionists argue that “the Dietary Guidelines’ emphasis on reducing saturated fat prompted food makers to remove fats and replace them with refined carbohydrates, or sugars, to compensate for the loss of taste,” thereby unintentionally increasing obesity rates.