People want simple answers to complex questions, so you end up with bad advice like “fat bad, carbs good”. Then when the experts point out this isn’t actually what the research suggests, the people who want simple answers moan and wail about how science always ends up contradicting itself and no one really knows anything, even though the research has always suggested the same complex answer. (crossposted on Facebook)

The Fats You Don’t Need to Fear, and the Carbs That You Do • 2015 Oct 19 • Jane E. Brody • Well • New York Times