Recommendations to eat a low fat diet began in the late 1950s following the publication of several studies that reportedly found a link between eating fat and rising cholesterol and heart disease.¹ However, as further research has gone on to resoundingly demonstrate, this conclusion was false.²

Unfortunately, the follow-up research was not well publicized by the media or acknowledged by the medical community and, as a result, the American public paid a terrible price. Since the 1960s adult obesity rates have risen precipitously,³ and childhood rates are following suit.⁴

According to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in 2010, 12 States reported 30 percent or more of their population was obese.⁵ In 2015, that number rose to 25 states, with four of those 25 reporting a 35 percent or greater obesity rate.⁶

These mounting numbers are also reflected in the number of people suffering from illness and diseases triggered by obesity.

In a landmark decision, the BMJ (formerly the British Medical Journal), stood by a peer reviewed study published in 2015 that effectively refutes the U.S. Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommending low-fat diets.