Word: fatted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...course of the experiment, Hunt says, the animals will not be operated on. They will receive varying levels of fat in their diets, and will be examined and treated by veterinarians. Some young cotton-tops, he says, will be raised away from their parents, to see whether they develop the disease...
...products, are not quite as palatable and problem free as once thought. Imitation meats, for example, are marketed as low in cholesterol and calories, but they tend to be extravagantly high in salt. Many nondairy creamers are touted as cholesterol free, though they contain coconut oil, a highly saturated fat...
...hardly nutritious since it contains "no fiber, vitamins, minerals or proteins. You get only calories." Liebman takes issue with the National Dairy Board's campaign for its emphasis on whole milk and cheeses, despite their being good sources of calcium. Consumers should be urged instead to drink low-fat milk and eat smaller portions of cheese, she says. Indeed, dairy products today are Americans' second highest source of saturated fat...
...major source of fat consumed by Americans is still red meat, another fact the current barrage of ads ignores. "Beef is not one of the high- cholesterol foods," observes Dr. Connor. However, "it has a great deal of saturated fat. Chicken has a lot less." The public gets a bum steer as well from the industry's use of a 3-oz. serving as the basis for nutritional information. The average portion is 4.7 oz. for a hamburger and 5.7 oz. for a steak...
Nutritionists deride the pork commercials as hogwash. The meat may be close in color to poultry, but the average serving of pork contains at least twice as much fat as does a piece of turkey or chicken. Pork is not a white meat, no matter how much "producers want to distance themselves from beef, which they perceive as a loser," notes Liebman. The rehabilitation of real food may have begun, say health experts, but it still has a long...