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hyporational comments on Open Thread, December 2-8, 2013 - Less Wrong Discussion

2 Post author: ChrisHallquist 03 December 2013 05:10AM

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Comment author: hyporational 03 December 2013 07:08:39AM 0 points [-]

Does he argue there was a change of opinion in the 80s or before that? If I recall correctly, he argues that the guidelines have remained roughly the same for decades, or even changed for worse.

Comment author: ChrisHallquist 03 December 2013 07:12:52AM 0 points [-]

Don't have the quotes readily on-hand but basically, yes, he claims offical low-fat recommendations of 70s/80s were important.