Giving Up Gluten to Lose Weight? Not So Fast

The fat content of the modern Western diet is high in saturated and trans-fatty acids and low in monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats; the main dietary sources are fatty meats, baked goods, cheese, milk, margarine, and butter. This balance, which is opposite of that hypothesized in the preagricultural diet, is related in particular to cardiovascular disease, which has been shown to be more sensitive to the ratio of different types of fat than to the absolute amount consumed. According to Melinda Beck, the author of WSJ article, “the widespread consumption of processed vegetable fats ...