For decades, public health messaging warned against high-fat dairy. But the argument against it is largely "circumstantial," says Benoit LaMarche, a Canadian food scientist who headed up an evidence review of the relationship between dairy and heart disease risk, published in May. The review concluded that generally speaking, fat-free, low-fat and full-fat dairy products had the same effects. Some studies have even shown the benefits of higher-fat over lower-fat dairy.
"Back in January or February, everyone was just like, 'What do we even do? This is crazy. Nothing makes sense,'" Mogler stated, frustrated with the mounting seed oil panic.