The very controversial history surrounding dietary therapy for obesity and diabetes comes down to one consistent and very obvious conflict. Physicians, like the UK’s David Unwin in his recent article, insist that they know better how to successfully treat their patients than the academic nutritionists and epidemiologists in their Ivy Towers. The physicians have argued for the benefits of carbohydrate restriction, as Unwin does, because they see it work so well in their patients. The authorities in the nutrition/obesity world argue that the doctors are fooling themselves. And they base that belief on their preconceptions, and how they interpret the research they’re funded to do – clinical trials and epidemiologic surveys. The evidence-based medicine hierarchy/pyramid of evidence sides with the authorities.
Somebody has to be wrong; someone is misinterpreting what they’re seeing. Let’s work this out.
Here’s my latest Unsettled Science substack article: https://unsettledscience.substack.com/p/nutrition-researchers-say-its-the
