In my work, I make a point of learning all I can about every aspect of factory farming and vegan living, but I make no attempt to study nutrition. For that, I rely on Registered Dietitians Virginia Messina and Jack Norris.
Virginia just posted a must-read blog entry today about very low-fat vegan diets:
Twenty years ago, when I first started working in the area of vegan nutrition I was a big proponent of very low-fat diets. At that time, when diets like the Ornish plan were especially popular, it really did look like this was the best approach for lowering cholesterol and controlling weight. Since then, our understanding about the role of fat in the diet has changed a lot and the situation is far more complex than we originally thought. Anyone who is taking a serious and honest look at the research on diet and heart disease has to question the low-fat approach.
The remainder of the piece is sensible, well-researched, and covers a lot of interesting territory. Link.
