Boston Therapeutics, Inc. (BTHE) – Could the Move Away from Fats be Contributing to Obesity?
Although the idea of low-fat diets has a long history, it really took off in the 1980s when major American medical studies came down hard on cholesterol and animal fats, causing a revolution in the marketing of food. Suddenly meat and eggs and butter and cheese were thrown under a huge cloud of suspicion in the mind of consumers as possible contributors to heart attacks and stroke, and an unprecedented shift in eating habits started to take shape across the country. It was a painful move for many, but the medical and media pressure continued, and millions began to look…