Did Low-Fat Fail?

March 10, 2010

You’ve probably heard this logic before:
Low-fat diets failed because eating low-fat doesn’t work for weight loss.
I’ve always wondered about this logic, as it seemed to go against the common sense that eating more calories then we need to is what makes us fat, not the source of these calories.
So I decided to look into EXACTLY what happened with the whole Low-Fat trend.
The Low-fat foods trend really started picking up popularity in the early to mid 1980’s, and by the mid 1990 Low-Fat was all the rage.
EVERYTHING was low fat…even cookies…and ice-cream.
During this time, the population of the USA also got fatter.
A LOT fatter.
So what gives?
Was not eating enough fat to blame?
Was it replacing fat with sugar that was the mistake?
Nope.
As it turns out, it’s still highly correlated to Calorie Control.
According to the USDA food availability data charts, there was an average of 3,200 Calories per person available in the USA […]

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