Bring on the eggs and butter............................

My Mom, one of the healthiest people on the planet until she was 86 or so, loved her morning egg, evening bowl of ice cream, and cooking with butter.  She was not a big believer in the government's "food pyramid."  Here is a longish essay detailing reasons why the government has had it all wrong.  Excerpt here:

Seeing the U.S. population grow sicker and fatter while adhering to official dietary guidelines has put nutrition authorities in an awkward position. Recently, the response of many researchers has been to blame "Big Food" for bombarding Americans with sugar-laden products. No doubt these are bad for us, but it is also fair to say that the food industry has simply been responding to the dietary guidelines issued by the AHA and USDA, which have encouraged high-carbohydrate diets and until quite recently said next to nothing about the need to limit sugar.

thanks Stuart