To provide the context for those unfamiliar with Taubes’ views on the polyunsaturated and saturated fats:
In the Epilogue to Good Calories, Bad Calories on page 454, Taubes notes ten “inescapable” conclusions, the first of which is:[12]
Dietary fat, whether saturated or not, is not a cause of obesity, heart disease, or any other chronic disease of civilization.
(Since most dietary fats are a mix of saturated and polyunsaturated fats, the layman accessible advice would be to cut down on fats, and on the other side, Taubes has to proclaim both to be ok).
To provide the context for those unfamiliar with Taubes’ views on the polyunsaturated and saturated fats:
(Since most dietary fats are a mix of saturated and polyunsaturated fats, the layman accessible advice would be to cut down on fats, and on the other side, Taubes has to proclaim both to be ok).