Everything we thought we knew about dietary fat is wrong. The low-fat nutrition advice of the past sixty years has amounted to a vast uncontrolled experiment on the entire population, with disastrous consequences for our health. For decades, we were told to cut back on fat, especially saturated fat, and that if we are not getting healthier or thinner, we are not trying hard enough. But what if the low-fat diet is itself the problem? The misinformation about saturated fats took hold in the scientific community and the public imagination, but recent findings have overturned these beliefs. Why the Mediterranean Diet is not the healthiest -- we might be replacing trans fats with something even worse. More, not less, dietary fat--including saturated fat--is what leads to better health and wellness. We have been needlessly avoiding meat, cheese, whole milk, and eggs for decades and that we can now, guilt-free, welcome these delicious foods back into our lives.--From publisher description.

The fat paradox : good health on a high-fat diet -- Why we think saturated fat is unhealthy -- The low-fat diet is introduced to America -- The flawed science of saturated versus polyunsaturated fats -- The low-fat diet goes to Washington -- How women and children fare on a low-fat diet -- Selling the Mediterranean diet : what is the science? -- Exit saturated fats, enter trans fats -- Exit trans fats, enter something worse? -- Why saturated fat is good for you -- A note on meat and ethics.