Years ago, a teacher in Wisconsin conducted an experiment with her class (p. 31).  They took 6 normal mice, put half in each of two cages, and fed them different diets for 3 months.  One set ate whole, natural food - you know, stuff you can imagine growing, like fruits, vegetables, meat, eggs, whole rice or oats - and the other ate the stuff from the cafeteria.  The article doesn't specify, but I can imagine they mean pizza, American "cheese", Coke, hot dogs, candy, cookies, fries, mac & "cheese", white rice/noodles/buns, "riblets," waffles, canned fruit in heavy syrup, chicken patties, tater tots ...

Those mice went berserk.  While the "real food" mice continued to sleep & play normally,

( Well, what did the school do? ... )

( We've known for years that real food is best ... )

We know what we have to do.

Good riddance.

Six years ago, the first blow was dealt: A New York Times piece dared to ask, What if it's all been a big Fat lie?  It came after more than a decade of banning all fat, including those now recognized as "heart-healthy," like almonds, avocados, & olives.  Gradually, we began to realize that *some* fats were okay: namely, unsaturated ones.  Then, they started to tell us that butter was better than margarine.  Now, the truth is coming out that it's trans fats & partially hydrogenated oils that are killing us.  We're even realizing that saturated fats are not the devil - Crisco & margarine are.  After decades of trial, most fats - the natural ones (butter, lard, coconut oil...)  - are finally exonerated.

Did I just say lard?  You bet I did!