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It is important to remember that the title of this post is "Saturated fat: the making and unmaking of a scientific consensus".



And the author of the article has a long history of misrepresenting science and has direct financial incentive to push her specific view.

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6...

The BMJ got in trouble for believing her and had to issue retractions because of it:

https://www.theverge.com/2015/10/26/9616122/bmj-nina-teichol...

There is no evidence that Nina Teicholz should be given the benefit of the doubt when it comes to her arguments and plenty of evidence that she should be treated with skepticism.


Behaving like bullies trying to prevent people that agree with the author to discuss isn't in the spirit of this forum.


> Except the human studies we have suggest that seed oils are probably not inflammatory. A few examples are listed in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xTaAHSFHUU

which part of that do you consider bullying? is it any opinion that goes against the underdog?




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