should and should not eat. But from now on, Big Brother would be telling us. And he said, “Eat less fat and more carbohydrates.” Several specific dietary goals were set forth. These included •raise consumption of carbohydrates until they constituted 55 percent to 60 percent of calories, and •decrease fat consumption from approximately 40 percent of calories to 30 percent, of which no more than one-third should come from saturated fat. With no scientific evidence, the formerly “fattening” carbohydrate made a stunning
