I love when big agriculture pays for studies to protect corporate interests.<p>I'm 6 foot tall, and I used to weigh 340 pounds. I ate my whole grains, and drank my wholesome skim milk, I limited my meat and animal fats intake, I tried their suggested amount of cardio (but was too fat to not feel too shitty afterwards). I did what the FDA said and what my doctor said, and I kept gaining weight.<p>I decided to tell the entire establishment to fuck off, and went strict Paleo: no grains (no corn, or wheat, or rice, or soy; no pasta or cereals or breads or whatever), no refined sugars (not even things like honey or agave syrup), no dairy (except very limited hard cheese low in lactose and hormones), and even got rid of any caffeine; and I ate all the meat and meat fat I wanted, all the veggies I wanted, and more fruit than I was under the grand FDA plan.<p>I went from 340 to 214 in a year. No increase in caloric burn, no decrease in caloric intake. Less than a year after that, I hit 184. After that I started weight lifting to fix my lack of muscle mass that years of eating the FDA diet caused, and under this diet I built muscle faster than I ever have before (mostly due to the increase of good protein sources from meat, the kind of meat the FDA demonizes).<p>I feel better than I ever have, I think faster and clearer, and I sleep better. So yeah, let them publish their studies all they want, if being fitter than I've ever been in my life is 'fat and unhealthy', then fuck them, and black is white, and we've always been at war with Eurasia.