Like most everyone, I didn't believe in dropping the food pyramid and going keto/carnivore/atkins/whatever else the new fashionable name will be for dropping carbs.<p>However, the amount of change and the efficiency of the diet shocked me.<p>> After all, anyone can just ignore Tufts’ findings, because they’re obviously crazy. But in the field of public health this is precisely the kind of work that matters. Studies like this are what lead to the last half century’s famously misguided dietary guidelines, which have coincided with the sickest Americans our nation has ever seen.<p>It's appalling that we allow the people who came with the food pyramid to keep sprouting nonsense than can be disproved so easily. It's not just about wasting million, but the fact that bad science tantamount to misinformation has a government backing or public health seal that'll cause people to act on the obviously bad advice!<p>It's even more shocking that some countries like in the EU are trying to shame meat eating for global warming related reasons: at least there's a plausible link, even if I'd suggest prioritizing health over other concerns like agricultural subsidies, carbs lobbying groups and the weather.<p>But cheerios and lucky charm over steak FOR HEALTH REASONS? Nope.