Meet The Doctor Who Thinks We’ve Got America’s Biggest Health Problem Backward

So many people live in fear of their own bodies because they’re told too much fat causes diabetes. Meet a doctor who thinks we got this wrong, and learn how he’s rewriting science to prove that fat is a symptom, not a cause. Can we get more doctors on board by sharing this?

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Jul 4, 2013

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