The article discusses the historical blame placed on red meats and animal fats for heart disease, obscuring the harmful effects of sugar. It highlights how the sugar industry suppressed studies linking sugar to heart issues, leading to a situation where sugar was introduced into numerous products under the guise of being 'heart healthy.' This misinformation campaigns had lasting impacts, as 'fat-free' products loaded with unhealthy substitutes became widespread. The remarks from commenters underscore a growing awareness of these unhealthy dietary shifts and the consequences they have had on public health.
The transition to fattening foods really got underway when red meat and animal fats got unfairly blamed for causing heart disease while at the same time, the sugar industry buried a study that said that it was a major cause. After that, it was sugar, sugar, sugar put in EVERYTHING while falsely calling it 'heart healthy,' and they're still doing it.
Yeah, companies pushing 'fat-free' everything with tons of other unhealthy crap added to make it taste better. Eggs were bad, butter was bad, etc. Now, we know better, but the damage was done.
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