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corntrollio says

But so is being anti-saturated fat. errc's post at 59 is a reason, and the most recent research suggests there's little problem with saturated fat.

The reality is that most non-animal sources of saturated fat aren't produced in the U.S., e.g. coconut oil and palm oil. Historically, domestic lobbyists in the domestic corn and soy industry have tried to get tariffs put on these tropical oils (successfully at certain points) because they want their domestically-produced poisonous corn and soy oils to be the majority of what we use here. They were more than happy to have the powers that be condemn saturated fat, even though multiple studies have shown no correlation to cardiovascular problems:

Kinda seems like you really didn't read your own article, because it says these things:

But Dr. Frank Hu, a professor of nutrition and epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health, said the findings should not be taken as “a green light” to eat more steak, butter and other foods rich in saturated fat

“The single macronutrient approach is outdated,” said Dr. Hu, who was not involved in the study. “I think future dietary guidelines will put more and more emphasis on real food rather than giving an absolute upper limit or cutoff point for certain macronutrients.”

He said people should try to eat foods that are typical of the Mediterranean diet, like nuts, fish, avocado, high-fiber grains and olive oil. A large clinical trial last year, which was not included in the current analysis, found that a Mediterranean diet with more nuts and extra virgin olive oil reduced heart attacks and strokes when compared with a lower fat diet with more starches.

AND ESPECIALLY THIS QUOTE:

Alice H. Lichtenstein, a nutritional biochemist at Tufts University, agreed that “it would be unfortunate if these results were interpreted to suggest that people can go back to eating butter and cheese with abandon,” citing evidence that replacing saturated fat with foods that are high in polyunsaturated fats – instead of simply eating more carbohydrates – reduces cardiovascular risk.

I absolutely agree that we took a wrong turn in the 1970s when we made fat the boogeyman and told people to eat high carbohydrate diets. But it seems to me you guys are now taking the opposite extreme. Isn't the lesson here that extremism is the real problem?