How the Media CONSTANTLY Confuses You With Misinformation
March 02 2006
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A report that seems to indicate that dietary change may do little to prevent cancer or heart disease has been greeted with criticism and disbelief by the public at large.
The report stems from a federal study called the Women's Health Initiative, and has raised questions about whether the changes in eating habits people are actually capable of can have any significant effect on health.
The study, which looked at the health of nearly 50,000 women over a period of eight years, found that women who reduced their dietary fat had the same rates of colon cancer, breast cancer, and heart disease as those who did not.
However, less than a third of the participants assigned to a low-fat diet actually reached their dietary goal.
Scientists who worked on the study have argued that the study shows that a realistically achievable dietary change does little in terms of health.
Critics have countered that the study offers no evidence of the real results of a genuine change in diet, and have also pointed out that the study failed to examine the effects of different types of fat.