NYTimes Blog Says Move Away From Dietary Fat Led To Higher Carbohydrate Intake.

“Well” blog, Jane E. Brody discusses how Americans’ move away from fat lead to an increased intake of “reduced-fat and fat-free foods rich in carbohydrates,” particularly increasing “their consumption of two kinds of carbohydrates, refined starches and sugars, that have helped to spawn the current epidemic of obesity and Type 2 diabetes.” Brody writes, “Experts now realize that efforts to correct past dietary sins that made heart disease and stroke runaway killers have caused the pendulum to swing too far in the wrong direction.” http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/10/19/the-fats-you-dont-need-to-fear-and-the-carbs-that-you-do/?ref=health&_r=0